DocumentCode
1555805
Title
Assessment of dispersion varying fibre in WDM systems
Author
Nakajima, Kensuke ; Ohashi, Masaharu ; Miyajima, Y. ; Shiraki, Kazuyuki
Author_Institution
NTT Access Metwork Syst. Lab., Ibaraki
Volume
33
Issue
12
fYear
1997
fDate
6/5/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1059
Lastpage
1060
Abstract
The authors report that dispersion varying fibre, in which chromatic dispersion decreases (or increases) along its length, can be used to improve the input power limitation in wavelength division multiplexing systems. The presented fibre has a better signal to noise ratio against four-wave mixing in the zero-dispersion wavelength region than conventional dispersion-shifted fibre
Keywords
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; SNR; WDM systems; chromatic dispersion; dispersion varying fibre; four-wave mixing; input power limitation improvement; signal to noise ratio; wavelength division multiplexing systems; zero-dispersion wavelength region;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19970699
Filename
588438
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