Title :
Dispersion compensation over distances in excess of 500 km for 10-Gb/s systems using chirped fiber gratings
Author :
Loh, W.H. ; Laming, R.I. ; Robinson, N. ; Cavaciuti, A. ; Vaninetti, F. ; Anderson, C.J. ; Zervas, M.N. ; Cole, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
fDate :
7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report on results of a system trial involving dispersion compensating chirped fiber gratings, demonstrating that transmission up to 537 km of standard telecommunications fiber is now feasible at 10 Gb/s, with a pair of 10-cm-long gratings cascaded together.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; compensation; diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibres; optical modulation; 10 Gbit/s; 10 cm; 537 km; Gb/s systems; cascaded fiber gratings; chirped fiber gratings; dispersion compensating chirped fiber gratings; dispersion compensation; standard telecommunications fiber; Availability; Bandwidth; Chirp; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Fiber gratings; Holography; Laboratories; Optical transmitters; Telecommunication standards;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
