Ultra-wideband WDM transmission using cascaded chirped fiber gratings

Author

Garrett, L.D. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Agogliati, B. ; Arcangeli, L. ; Scarano, D. ; Gusmeroli, V. ; Tosetti, C. ; Di Maio, G. ; Forghieri, F.

Author_Institution

AT&T Lab.-Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

Supplement

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Abstract

We demonstrate 32 channel WDM transmission at a per-channel rate of 10 Gb/s over 375 km (five amplified fiber spans) of conventional fiber. Chirped-fiber-grating modules provide dispersion compensation over an 18-nm bandwidth, and a swept-frequency measurement confirms continuous good performance across the entire band.

Keywords

broadband networks; chirp modulation; compensation; diffraction gratings; modules; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 32 channel WDM transmission; 375 km; amplified fiber spans; cascaded chirped fiber gratings; chirped-fiber-grating modules; dispersion compensation; good performance; swept-frequency measurement; ultra-wideband WDM transmission; Bandwidth; Chirp; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Insertion loss; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Ultra wideband technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.766048

Filename

766048