Title :
Dispersion managed spans in terrestrial routes: technical advantages and practical considerations
Author_Institution :
OFS, Norcross, GA, USA
Abstract :
Dispersion managed spans can provide bit-rate independent performance and economic advantages in terrestrial routes. Recent work is showing that they can be cabled and spliced in field-like conditions and proper system design can accommodate imperfect and random dispersion maps.
Keywords :
optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre networks; splicing; bit-rate independent performance; dispersion managed spans; field-like conditions; optical fiber cable; random dispersion maps; splicing; terrestrial routes; Aging; Delta modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Intelligent networks; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical pumping; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247661
