Title :
The effect of dispersion compensation on system performance when nonlinearities are important
Author :
Pilipetskii, A.N. ; Mazurczyk, V.J. ; Chen, C.J.
Author_Institution :
TYCO Submarine Syst., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Dispersion compensation placed at the end of a nonlinear system affects both signal variance and pulse distortion. This letter shows experimentally and theoretically that optimum performance for a wavelength-division-multiplexed test bed of 4870 km is achieved by selecting dispersion compensation to minimize pulse distortion rather than signal variance.
Keywords :
compensation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; wavelength division multiplexing; 4870 km; WDM; dispersion compensation; nonlinear system; nonlinearities; optical pulse distortion; optimum performance; signal variance; system performance; wavelength-division-multiplexed test bed; Distortion measurement; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; System performance; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
