Dispersion compensation over distances in excess of 500 km for 10-Gb/s systems using chirped fiber gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 944-946

  Loh, W H ^a,b   Laming, R I ^b   Robinson, N ^c   Cavaciuti, A ^d   Vaninetti, F ^d   Anderson, C J ^e   Zervas, M N ^b   Cole, M J ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c MCI Telecommunications Corporation   (United States)

^d Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^e MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECIFICATIONS;

CHIRPED FIBER GRATINGS; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; OPTICAL CIRCULATOR;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030192180     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.502279     Document Type: Article

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