Measurement of the dispersion map of installed G.653 fiber links using four-wave mixing

Author

Artiglia, M. ; Caponi, R. ; Grazioli, E. ; Pagano, A. ; Panella, A. ; Potenza, M. ; Riccardi, E. ; Sordo, B.

Author_Institution

CSELT, Torino, Italy

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

179

Lastpage

180

Abstract

Summary form only given. The longitudinal distribution of chromatic dispersion in G.653 fiber links is important to evaluate the impact of nonlinearities in multichannel telecommunication systems. Normally characterizations are performed in terms of average values for the zero-dispersion wavelength X, and slope S. Various methods have been proposed to measure the dispersion map of a fiber, but have been applied only in the laboratory. This contribution presents the results of field measurements to determine the dispersion map of an installed G.653 link, using a portable equipment based on partially degenerate four wave mixing (PD-FWM) and a commercial optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR).

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; chromatic dispersion; commercial optical time-domain reflectometer; field measurements; four-wave mixing; installed G.653 fiber link dispersion map measurement; laboratory; longitudinal distribution; multichannel telecommunication systems; nonlinearities; partially degenerate four wave mixing; portable equipment; zero-dispersion wavelength; Dispersion; Four-wave mixing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Performance evaluation; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657312

Filename

657312