10 x 10 Gb/s cross-phase modulation suppressor for multispan transmissions using WDM narrow-band fiber Bragg gratings

Author

Bellotti, Giovanni ; Bigo, Sébastien ; Cortès, Pierre-Yves ; Gauchard, Stéphane ; LaRochelle, Sophie

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria dell´´Inf., Parma Univ., Italy

Volume

12

Issue

10

fYear

2000

Firstpage

1403

Lastpage

1405

Abstract

We present a 10/spl times/10-Gb/s cross-phase modulation suppressor based on series of WDM narrow-band fiber Bragg gratings. Its effectiveness is demonstrated in a 5/spl times/100-km transmission over nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber. When the device is inserted within the repeaters of the link, the observed bit-error-rate floor due to cross-phase modulation disappears, and a low penalty is obtained over a large range of residual dispersions, allowing the transmission of a larger number of channels over longer distances.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; digital communication; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 500 km; BER floor; WDM narrow-band fiber Bragg gratings; bit-error-rate; cross-phase modulation suppressor; low penalty; multispan transmissions; nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber; repeaters; Delay effects; Fiber gratings; Narrowband; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Repeaters; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.883844

Filename

883844