Title : 
Impact of fiber dispersion slope in transmission systems
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
KDD R&D Labs., Saitama, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Summary form only given. Dispersion slope of the transmission fiber is becoming a major constraint in large-capacity long-haul lightwave transmission systems where the WDM signal-bandwidth is large or the channel bit rate is extremely high. Possible technologies to overcome this issue are discussed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; fiber dispersion slope; high channel bit rate; large WDM signal-bandwidth; large-capacity systems; long-haul lightwave transmission systems; transmission fiber; Bit rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laboratories; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical solitons; Protection; Scalability; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA, USA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-521-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/OFC.1998.657475