Title :
Optimum fiber effective-area management in amplified optical links
Author :
Audouin, O. ; Hamaide, J.-P.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
By comparison with conventional 50 μm2 large effective area (LEA) fibers improve the performance of amplified links by decreasing the Kerr nonlinearity induced by propagation. However, such new fibers are likely to exhibit enhanced attenuation. We show that for given effective areas and attenuations there exists an optimum management of DSF and LEA fibers, the later being placed at the amplifier output
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre theory; optimisation; 50 mum; Kerr nonlinearity; amplified optical links; amplifier output; enhanced attenuation; large effective area fibers; optimum fiber effective-area management;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Solitons: Principles and Applications, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19960549
