L-band transmission over 1000 km using standard and dispersion compensating fibers in a pre-compensation scheme optimised at 1550 nm

Christophe Peucheret, Irene Muñoz, Alvaro A. Buxens, Fenghai Liu, Stig Nissen Knudsen

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    Abstract

    Transmission over 1000 km of a 10 Gbit/s signal at 1597 nm is demonstrated in a recirculating loop using standard fibre and wideband dispersion-compensating fibre in the pre-compensation configuration. It is shown that dispersion maps optimised for 1550 nm can be successfully used in the L-band, removing the need for separate band dispersion compensation.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalElectronics Letters
    Volume35
    Issue number20
    Pages (from-to)1759-1761
    ISSN0013-5194
    Publication statusPublished - 1999

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