Title :
Optical vs. electronic chromatic dispersion compensation in WDM coherent PM-QPSK systems at 111 Gbit/s
Author :
Carena, Andrea ; Curri, Vittorio ; Poggiolini, Pierluigi ; Forghieri, Fabrizio
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron., OptCom, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
We carried out a simulative study of optical dispersion management using inline DCUs vs. all-electronic dispersion compensation for PM-QPSK WDM systems at 111 Gbit/s. All-electronic compensation performs better than dispersion management in high-dispersion fibers.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM coherent PM-QPSK systems; bit rate 111 Gbit/s; electronic chromatic dispersion compensation; high-dispersion fibers; inline DCU; optical dispersion management; Chromatic dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528088
