Dispersion compensating fiber: Is there merit in the figure of merit?

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 970-972

  Forghieri, Fabrizio ^a   Tkach, R W ^a   Chraplyvy, A R ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion compensating fiber; Figure of merit; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber non linearities

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DISPERSION COMPENSATING FIBERS (DCF);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031185549     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.593369     Document Type: Article

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