Extracted-Clock Power Level Monitoring Scheme for Automatic Dispersion Equalization in High-Speed Optical Transmission Systems

Akihide SANO
Yutaka MIYAMOTO
Tomoyoshi KATAOKA
Masahito TOMIZAWA
Kazuo HAGIMOTO

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E84-B    No.11    pp.2907-2914
Publication Date: 2001/11/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Fiber-Optic Transmission
Keyword: 
optical communication,  dispersion equalization,  automatic equalization,  self-phase modulation,  

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Summary: 
This paper proposes an automatic dispersion equalization system using extracted clock power monitoring in order to facilitate the field installation of high-speed time-division multiplexed (TDM) systems over existing fiber cables. The proposed scheme adjusts the dispersion of a variable-dispersion equalizer so as to maximize the extracted clock power level. This scheme has a simple configuration, needs no communication channel between the transmitter and the receiver, and is sensitive to parameters such as initial chirping and fiber input power. The clock power dependence on the fiber dispersion is theoretically analyzed assuming that the return-to-zero (RZ) format is used and that pulse broadening is small compared to the bit duration. We show that the clock power is maximized when the dispersion-induced waveform distortion is minimized. Numerical simulations show that the proposed scheme is effective with the non-return-to-zero (NRZ) format and for the case that the optimum total dispersion deviates from zero due to initial and/or self-phase modulation (SPM)-induced chirping. The operation of the proposed automatic equalization system is experimentally confirmed in 20-Gbit/s transmission using both RZ and NRZ formats. Moreover, a 40-Gbit/s transmission experiment over 200 km of dispersion-shifted fiber (DSF) is successfully demonstrated using the proposed equalization scheme.