Summary form only given. High capacity WDM transmission systems with large inter-amplifier spacing require large optical powers to maintain acceptable signal-to-noise ratios. In these systems, the transmission distances are limited mainly by cross-phase modulation (XPM) and self-phase modulation (SPM). In this paper we report new results explaining the source of the power penalties in pre- and post-compensated SSMF systems. A new technique utilising a gated, scanning interferometer allowed the direct measurement of spectral broadening using a recirculating loop. This is the first measurement of additional spectral broadening as a result of pulse compression in the precompensation configuration, and its contribution to the power penalty is discussed.


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    Title :

    Measurement of penalty due to cross-phase modulation induced spectral broadening in dispersion-compensated standard-fibre dense WDM transmission


    Contributors:
    Mikhailov, V.N. (author) / Killey, R.I. (author) / Bayvel, P. (author) / Prat, J. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999-01-01


    Size :

    229162 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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