Transmission limitations of WDM transmission systems with dispersion compensated links in the presence of fiber nonlinearities

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Abstract

The simple expressions appropriate to study the transmission limitations of WDM systems with dispersion compensated links using inline optical amplifiers imposed by fiber nonlinearities are derived. Two important nonlinear effects, four-wave mixing (FWM) and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in the presence of amplifier spontaneous emission (ASE) noise are taken into consideration. The maximum possible transmission distance is discussed in terms of various system parameters such as wavelength spacing, number of channels, total bandwidth, etc. Optimum channel spacing to maximize the transmission distance is found as a compromise between conflicting requirements imposed by FWM and SRS in the presence of ASE noise. Different dispersion compensation configurations (CF+DCF, NZDSF-+CF, NZDSF ++NZDSF-) are discussed in order to find the best one that gives the maximum transmission distance. The optimum channel spacing as a function of number of channels for different dispersion compensation configurations is shown for the first time. The optimum transmission distance, that is the number of amplifier spans, versus the number of channels is also shown.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication5th International Conference on Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Service, TELSIKS 2001 - Proceedings of Papers
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages496-499
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)078037228X, 9780780372283
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Service, TELSIKS 2001 - Nis, Serbia
Duration: Sep 19 2001Sep 21 2001

Publication series

Name5th International Conference on Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Service, TELSIKS 2001 - Proceedings of Papers
Volume2

Other

Other5th International Conference on Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Service, TELSIKS 2001
Country/TerritorySerbia
CityNis
Period9/19/019/21/01

Keywords

  • Dispersion compensation
  • Fiber nonlinearities
  • Transmission limitations
  • WDM systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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