Modelling and experimental comparison of a 40 Gbit/s OTDM system over a transmission distance of 560 km

Author

Lee, W.S. ; Garthe, D. ; Hadjifotiou, A.

Author_Institution

BNR Eur. Ltd., Harlow, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

25 Feb.-1 March 1996

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

15

Abstract

Summary form only given. It has been demonstrated both by numerical simulation and experiment that optical TDM transmission at 40 Gbit/s over a distance of 560 km is realizable with sufficient system Q performance. The major limiting factor is fiber dispersion, whereas the impact of modulational instability (MI) may be minimized by operating in the normal dispersion regime. The signal wavelength tolerance of 3 nm is well within the wavelength accuracy of present day laser technology.

Keywords

Q-factor; modulational instability; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; time division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; 560 km; Gbit/s OTDM system; fiber dispersion; laser technology; modulational instability; normal dispersion regime; numerical simulation; optical TDM transmission; signal wavelength tolerance; system Q performance; transmission distance; wavelength accuracy; Chirp modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise figure; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber testing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96

Print_ISBN

1-55752-422-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1996.907598

Filename

907598