Electronics Letters · 1999 · 22 citations · 2 references
EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringDigital CommunicationOptoelectronicsPropagationCommunication SystemsFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical Fiber PropagationOptical FibersChromatic Dispersion CompensationDispersion ManagementFiber Optic Communication SystemsLong-haul Optical TransmissionOptical Transmission Systems
Using the distributed under-compensation scheme (DUCS) in every fibre span, the overall transmission distance of 10 Gbit/s NRZ and RZ multiple span systems is doubled. The benefits of such a dispersion management scheme are clarified by defining a new figure of merit.
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