Title :
Upgrade capacity of 10 Gb/s WDM systems employing negative non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber
Author :
Lucero, A.J. ; da Silva, V.L.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. & Test Center, Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that by strategic selection of channel plan and power levels, a 400 milometer 10 Gigabit per second system over a negative non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber (Corning SMF-LS) may operate with 38 channels over a 32 nanometer band close to lambda zero.
Keywords :
optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber networks; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Corning SMF-LS; Gb/s WDM systems; Gigabit per second system; channel plan; lambda zero; nanometer band; negative non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber; power levels; upgrade capacity; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Optical propagation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868324
