Title :
Lightwave system limitations of nonlinear optical effects
Author :
Tkach, Robert ; Forghieri, Fabrizio
Author_Institution :
Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This study concludes that nonlinearities set the ultimate limits on system capacity; and that dispersion is the key parameter for managing nonlinearities. Very-high capacities have been demonstrated by using nonlinearities of the fibre network architecture.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; dispersion; fibre network architecture; key parameter; lightwave system limitations; nonlinear optical effects; nonlinearities; system capacity; telecommunications network management; ultimate limits; very-high capacities;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
