CA2170430A1 - Dispersion Compensation in Optical Fiber Communications - Google Patents

Dispersion Compensation in Optical Fiber Communications

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CA2170430A1
CA2170430A1 CA2170430A CA2170430A CA2170430A1 CA 2170430 A1 CA2170430 A1 CA 2170430A1 CA 2170430 A CA2170430 A CA 2170430A CA 2170430 A CA2170430 A CA 2170430A CA 2170430 A1 CA2170430 A1 CA 2170430A1
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optical fiber
dispersion compensation
fiber communications
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Andrew R. Chraplyvy
Fabrizio Forghieri
Alan H. Gnauck
Robert William Tkach
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AT&T Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
    • H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
    • H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
    • H04B10/2513—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion
    • H04B10/2525—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion using dispersion-compensating fibres
    • H04B10/25253—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion using dispersion-compensating fibres with dispersion management, i.e. using a combination of different kind of fibres in the transmission system
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
    • H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
    • H04B10/2513—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
    • H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
    • H04B10/2513—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion
    • H04B10/2525—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to chromatic dispersion using dispersion-compensating fibres

Abstract

Critical placement and lengths of dispersion-compensating fiber maximize capacity in upgraded in-ground optical fiber communication systems.
Higher per-channel bit rates in single-channel systems and in WDM systems are permitted.
CA002170430A 1995-03-01 1996-02-27 Dispersion compensation in optical fiber communications Expired - Fee Related CA2170430C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US396,841 1989-11-21
US08/396,841 US5559920A (en) 1995-03-01 1995-03-01 Dispersion compensation in optical fiber communications

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CA2170430A1 true CA2170430A1 (en) 1996-09-02
CA2170430C CA2170430C (en) 2001-01-16

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EP (1) EP0730354B1 (en)
JP (1) JP3522438B2 (en)
KR (1) KR100437750B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2170430C (en)
DE (1) DE69614162T2 (en)

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