Title :
Allocable dispersion compensation for thermal dispersion variations in transmission fibers
Author :
André, P.S. ; Neto, B. ; Nogueira, R. ; Pinto, J.L. ; Teixeira, A.L.J. ; Lima, M.J. ; Rocha, F. Da
Author_Institution :
Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Aveiro Univ., Portugal
Abstract :
The temperature induced nonlinear chromatic dispersion variations in transmission fibers can severely degrade the performance of long haul high speed networks. A tunable dispersion compensator (first and second order) based on DCF fibers is presented.
Keywords :
channel allocation; compensation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; thermo-optical effects; DCF fibers; long haul high speed networks; temperature induced nonlinear chromatic dispersion variations; transmission fibers; tunable dispersion compensator;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
