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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1998
Andrew Roman Chraplyvy, Matawan Township, Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Robert Meachem Jopson, Rumson Township, Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Lynn E. Nelson, Eatontown Township, Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Thomas A. Strasser, Warren Township, Somerset County, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Resonances in cross-phase-modulation (CPM) impairment occur in wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) transmission systems, having multiple equal dispersion-length amplifier spans, when channels have an integral number of bit walk-throughs per amplifier span. The CPM resonances are reduced by mis-matching the amplifier span lengths (and/or dispersion in each span) so an integral number of bit walk-throughs do not occur in successive amplifier spans. The CPM resonances are reduced by adding different lengths of dispersion-compensating fiber to each span, using different modulation bit rates and/or clock phase delay for each channel, and using different wavelength-selective clock phase delays for each channel.