Link optimization for DWDM transmission with an optical phase conjugation

Opt Express. 2016 Jul 25;24(15):16450-5. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.016450.

Abstract

We characterize in-span signal power asymmetry in random distributed feedback ultralong Raman laser-amplified WDM transmission and numerically optimize fiber span length and operating band to achieve the lowest inter-span signal power asymmetry between transmitted and optically conjugated channels in systems relying upon mid-link optical conjugation to combat fiber nonlinear impairments.