Title :
The effects of fiber type on DWDM system performance
Author :
Vodhanel, Richard S.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Res. & Test Center, Corning Inc., NY, USA
Abstract :
We discuss the use of dispersion optimized fibers to effectively increase the DWDM capacity at a reasonable cost for terrestrial long haul and metropolitan networks
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optimisation; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM capacity; DWDM system performance; dispersion optimized fibers; fiber type; metropolitan networks; terrestrial long haul networks; Costs; Dispersion; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Pulse width modulation; Repeaters; System performance; 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.2000.893958
