Use of dispersion managed fibers in parallel WDM systems

Author

Segatto, M. E Vieira ; Taylor, J.R. ; Kashyap, R.

Author_Institution

BT Labs., Ipswich, UK

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

75

Abstract

The problem of serial electronic bottleneck in optical systems can be solved using parallel transmission. In these systems, there is no need for serial-to-parallel, and parallel-to-serial conversion since all bits in a digital word are transmitted simultaneously. Several parallel systems have been proposed in the literature and some of them are already commercially available. In this paper, the feasibility of a novel parallel WDM system using Dispersion Managed Fibers (DMF) is proposed. 10 GWord/s over 40 km of DMF at an aggregate bit rate-distance product of 160 Gbit/s×40-km is studied

Keywords

compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 km; aggregate bit rate-distance product; bit skew elimination; dispersion compensation; dispersion managed fibers; eye diagrams; parallel WDM systems; relative group delay; serial electronic bottleneck; Bit rate; Circuits; Delay; High speed optical techniques; Laboratories; Optical fiber cables; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1999. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S, APS and LEOS - IMOC '99. International

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5807-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.1999.867054

Filename

867054