Optics Letters · 2005 · 32 citations · 9 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersUltrafast OpticsWave DispersionChromatic Dispersion CompensationDispersion CompensationDispersion ManagementDispersion-engineered FibersOptical Transmission SystemsSingle-mode Fiber PropagationSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode Optical Fibers
We demonstrate essentially distortionless 50 km fiber transmission for approximately 500 fs pulses, using dispersion-compensating fiber and a programmable pulse shaper as a spectral phase equalizer. This distance is approximately five times longer than previously achieved at similar pulse widths.
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