Title :
640 Gb/s WDM transmission over 400 km of dispersion-shifted fiber using 1.58 μm band and initial chirp optimization
Author :
Yano, Y. ; Yamashita, M. ; Suzaki, T. ; Kudo, K. ; Yamaguchi, M. ; Emura, K.
Author_Institution :
C&C Media Res. Lab., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
Thirty-two 20-Gb/s channels spaced by 100-GHz were transmitted over 400-km of DSF with 80-km repeater spacing. Nonlinear effects in low local dispersion were successfully suppressed by using the 1.58-μm band and optimizing the dispersion map and the initial chirp
Keywords :
chirp modulation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical repeaters; optimisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.58 mum; 20 Gbit/s; 400 km; 80 km; Gb/s WDM transmission; Gb/s channels; dispersion map; dispersion-shifted fiber; initial chirp; initial chirp optimization; low local dispersion; nonlinear effects; repeater spacing; Chirp modulation; Dispersion; Intensity modulation; Laboratories; National electric code; Optical fiber devices; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Scanning probe microscopy; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732531
