Pre-, Post and Hybrid Dispersion Mapping Techniques for CSRZ Optical Networks with Nonlinearities

Abstract

In this paper, different dispersion mapping techniques like pre-compensated, post-compensated or hybrid-compensation are compared in the presence of fiber nonlinearities in 10 and 40 Gbps carrier-suppressed return to zero (CSRZ) systems. It is observed that the hybrid-compensation is the best in dispersion mapping technique, which reduces the bit error rate (BER) produced due to the fiber nonlinearities to the more extent than that of pre- and post-compensations. By using the hybrid-compensation, the repeater length is increased almost up to double than that of pre- and post-compensations. It is also observed that with increase in the input bit rate and input power, the BER for hybrid is better as compared to other mapping techniques. © 2009. © 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.