Title :
Advance in long-haul fibers
Author :
Nouchi, P. ; de Montmorillon, L. ; Sillard, P. ; Bertaina, A.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Cable, Conflans Ste Honorine, France
Abstract :
Dramatic increase in transmission systems capacity has recently been reported in long-haul terrestrial transmission systems. This paper will review advances in transmission and compensating fibers that opened the door to such transmission capability improvements.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; compensating fibers; long-haul fibers; long-haul terrestrial transmission systems; Channel allocation; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Modulation; Optical distortion; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber losses; Optical mixing; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247561
