640-Gbit/s optical TDM transmission over 92 km through a dispersion-managed fiber consisting of single-mode fiber and `reverse dispersion fiber'

Takashi Yamamoto, Eiji Yoshida, Kohichi R. Tamura, Kazushige Yonenaga, Masataka Nakazawa

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Abstract

A 640-Gbit/s optical time division multiplexed signal was successfully transmitted over a 92-km zero-dispersion-flattened transmission line. The transmission line consisted of single-mode fiber, dispersion-shifted fiber, and reverse dispersion fiber. By using reverse dispersion fiber instead of dispersion slope compensation fiber, we were able to increase the transmission distance from 63 to 92 km because reverse dispersion fiber has less polarization mode dispersion and a flatter dispersion profile.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)353-355
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000 Mar

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