Massive wavelength-division multiplexing with solitons

Solitons have already enabled the demonstration of many-channel wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), error free over transoceanic distances, at per-channel rates of 10 and 20 Gbit/s. In this paper, we assess the potential for extending the total transmission rate to many hundreds of gigabit/s in...

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Published inIEEE journal of quantum electronics Vol. 34; no. 11; pp. 2089 - 2102
Main Authors Mollenauer, L.F., Mamyshev, P.V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.1998
Subjects
Bandwidth
Chromatic dispersion
Erbium
Erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Optical fiber polarization
Passive filters
Polarization mode dispersion
Solitons
Time division multiplexing
Wavelength division multiplexing
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Summary:Solitons have already enabled the demonstration of many-channel wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), error free over transoceanic distances, at per-channel rates of 10 and 20 Gbit/s. In this paper, we assess the potential for extending the total transmission rate to many hundreds of gigabit/s in such massive WDM with solitons. We examine the new "dispersion-managed" solitons, as well as the conventional ones, and we consider the advantages of combining each with sliding-frequency guiding filters. Finally, we also describe a practical way for making the required accurate dispersion maps.
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ISSN:0018-9197
1558-1713
DOI:10.1109/3.726598