40-Gb/s RZ transmission over transoceanic distance in a dispersion managed standard fiber using a new inline synchronous modulation method

Akio Sahara, Tetsuro Inui, Tetsuro Komukai, Hirokazu Kubota, Masataka Nakazawa

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Abstract

We propose a modified soliton control method for a strongly dispersion managed line, which employs a highly non-linear fiber in addition to conventional inline synchronous modulation. This method enables us to transmit a 40-Gb/s return-to-zero signal over 20 000 km using a dispersion managed line composed of a standard (nondispersion shifted) fiber and dispersion compensation. Optimizing the length of the highly nonlinear fiber greatly increases the power margin of the transmitted optical power.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)720-722
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000 Jun

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