Title :
WDM transmission experiments at 32 x 10 Gb/s over nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber and standard single-mode fiber
Author :
Bigo, Sébastien ; Bertaina, Alain
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
We compare two terrestrial transmission experiments at 32/spl times/10 Gb/s over standard single-mode fiber and over nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber. Despite the same signal-to-noise ratios at receiver end, error-free transmission of the whole multiplex could only be achieved with the first fiber scheme.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM transmission experiments; error-free transmission; nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber; signal-to-noise ratios; standard single-mode fiber; terrestrial transmission experiments; Bit error rate; Couplers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
