Title :
On the role of optical fibers as channel decorrelators in system experiments
Author :
Grosz, D.F. ; Essiambre, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Networking Group, Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We show that the use of optical fiber as a decorrelator servers another, and as far as we know, unnoticed purpose, namely: to prevent spectral shaping of synchronized channels unlikely to be encountered in real transmission situations. In order to show the effect of the decorrelating fiber in a transmission system we study a 9 channels x 10 Gb/s WDM system over 50 km of non zero-dispersion shifted fiber
Keywords :
compensation; decorrelation; optical correlation; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 50 km; 90 Gbit/s; WDM system; decorrelating fiber; non zero-dispersion shifted fiber; optical fiber; optical fiber channel decorrelators; real transmission situations; spectral shaping; synchronized channels; Bit error rate; Channel spacing; Decorrelation; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; System testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rio Grande
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5947-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2000.890817
