Chromatic dispersion variations in ultra-long-haul transmission systems arising from seasonal soil temperature variations

Author

Walter, Alexander ; Schaefer, Garry

Author_Institution

TerraWorx Inc., Shrewsbury, NJ, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

332

Lastpage

333

Abstract

Seasonal soil temperature variations cause an expected peak-to-peak chromatic dispersion variation of 375 ps/nm for NZ-DSF and 570 ps/nm for large-core fiber in a 7500 km ultra-long-haul route. This amount of seasonal chromatic dispersion variation would introduce unacceptable levels of system performance degradations to an ultra-long-haul transmission system. The exact level of degradation depends on route configuration.

Keywords

environmental factors; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; soil; telecommunication network routing; 7500 km; NZ-DSF; chromatic dispersion variations; large-core fiber; peak-to-peak chromatic dispersion variation; route configuration; seasonal chromatic dispersion variation; seasonal soil temperature variations; system performance degradations; ultra-long-haul route; ultra-long-haul transmission system; ultra-long-haul transmission systems; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluctuations; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Soil; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036398

Filename

1036398