Fiber chromatic dispersion equalization at the receiving terminal of IM-DD ultra-long distance optical communication systems

Author

Taga, Hidenori ; Yamamoto, Shu ; Edagawa, Noboru ; Yoshida, Yoshihiro ; Akiba, Shigeyuki ; Wakabayashi, Hiroharu

Author_Institution

R&D Labs., KDD Kamifukuoka R&D Labs., Saitama, Japan

Volume

12

Issue

6

fYear

1994

fDate

6/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1042

Lastpage

1046

Abstract

We have evaluated the effect of fiber chromatic dispersion equalization at the receiving terminal for transoceanic optical communication systems. We used a 1000-km fiber loop with 31 Er-doped fiber amplifiers for the experiments, and measured the bit-error-rate characteristics after 9000-km transmission. Accumulated chromatic dispersion originating from the discrepancy between the signal wavelength and the system zero dispersion wavelength was equalized by the equalization fiber at the receiving terminal. We used both normal and anomalous dispersion fibers at the receiving end. The results have shown that the equalization method of the fiber chromatic dispersion at the receiving terminal is useful with some limitations for ultra-long distance optical communication systems

Keywords

intermodulation; optical cables; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; optical receivers; submarine cables; 1000 km; 9000 km; Er-doped fiber amplifiers; IM-DD ultra-long distance optical communication systems; anomalous dispersion fibers; bit-error-rate characteristics; equalization fiber; equalization method; fiber chromatic dispersion equalization; fiber loop; receiving terminal; signal wavelength; system zero dispersion wavelength; transoceanic optical communication systems; ultra-long distance optical communication systems; Chromatic dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.296197

Filename

296197