Title :
Experimental Comparison of Fibre and Grating-Based Dispersion Compensation Schemes for 40 channel 10Gb/s DWDM systems
Author :
Fews, H.S. ; Stephens, M.F.C. ; Straw, A. ; Forysiak, W. ; Nayar, B.K. ; Gleeson, L.M.
Author_Institution :
Broadband Networks, Ericsson, New Century Park, Coventry, CV3 1HJ, UK
Abstract :
We report an experimental comparison between broadband fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) and conventional dispersion compensating fibre (DCF) for a 40 x 10Gb/s DWDM system over 525km. A performance-optimised configuration using FBG compensators is presented.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; High power amplifiers; Insertion loss; Low-noise amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Space technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800994
