Xy. Zou et al., LIMITATIONS IN 10 GB S WDM OPTICAL-FIBER TRANSMISSION WHEN USING A VARIETY OF FIBER TYPES TO MANAGE DISPERSION AND NONLINEARITIES/, Journal of lightwave technology, 14(6), 1996, pp. 1144-1152
We analyze the system limitations of WDM transmission when using vario
us types of optical fiber to manage dispersion and nonlinearities. in
our model, from two to eight 10 Gb/s WDM channels are transmitted thro
ugh a cascade of EDFA's experiencing dispersion, stimulated Raman scat
tering, and self- and cross-phase modulation, The fiber types modeled
include: conventional single-mode fiber, dispersion-shifted fiber, and
dispersion-compensating fiber. These fibers have different dispersion
spectral profiles and are combined to manage dispersion to produce a
total zero dispersion for a certain fiber span while eliminating four-
wave mixing, We find that a system using dispersion-shifted fiber and
conventional single-mode fiber exhibits the best performance, with the
combination of dispersion and cross-phase modulation as the dominant
effects. Furthermore, conventional single-mode fiber combined with dis
persion-compensating fiber system exhibits the worst performance, with
the combination of dispersion and self-phase modulation as the domina
nt effects.