Title :
Intentionally-induced pre-PMD for suppression of nonlinear effects in 16/spl times/40 Gb/s WDM repeaterless transmission systems over 225 km of SMF
Author :
Harris, D.L. ; Shimizu, David L Harris Katsuhiro ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Akasaka, Youichi ; Huang, Renxiang ; Pan, James ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Technol. Labs., Burlingame, CA, USA
Abstract :
Nonlinear-effects suppression by a pre-PMD scheme was confirmed in a WDM system, for the first time. An average Q factor-budget improvement of 0.4 dB was demonstrated in 16-channel 43 Gb/s CS-RZ repeaterless transmission experiments over 225 km SMF.
Keywords :
Q-factor; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical repeaters; wavelength division multiplexing; 16 Gbits/s; 225 km; 40 Gbits/s; 43 Gbits/s; CS-RZ; Q factor-budget improvement; WDM; nonlinear effects suppression; pre-polarization mode dispersion; repeaterless transmission systems; single mode fibre; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Repeaters; Research and development; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
