Performance of a ULH single wide-band all-Raman DWDM transmission system over dispersion-managed spans

Author

Grosz, D.F. ; Agarwal, A. ; Küng, A.P. ; Banerjee, S. ; Maywar, D.N. ; Wood, T.H.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1197

Lastpage

1199

Abstract

We evaluate the performance of an all-Raman ultralong-haul dense wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission system over 4160 km of dispersion-managed fiber. Enabling technologies include forward and backward-propagating Raman amplification and single-modulator return-to-zero transmitters. Large optical signal-to-noise ratio margins and small transmission penalties are achieved by means of a simple dispersion map.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 4160 km; Raman amplification; all-Raman DWDM transmission system; dispersion-managed fiber; signal-to-noise ratio margins; single-modulator return-to-zero transmitters; ultralong-haul dense wavelength-division-multiplexing; Bit error rate; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Optical transmitters; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.824973

Filename

1281916