Fiber chromatic dispersion equalization at the receiving terminal of IM-DD ultra-long distance optical communication systems

We have evaluated the effect of fiber chromatic dispersion equalization at the receiving terminal for transoceanic optical communication systems. We used a 1000-km fiber loop with 31 Er-doped fiber amplifiers for the experiments, and measured the bit-error-rate characteristics after 9000-km transmission. Accumulated chromatic dispersion originating from the discrepancy between the signal wavelength and the system zero dispersion wavelength was equalized by the equalization fiber at the receiving terminal. We used both normal and anomalous dispersion fibers at the receiving end. The results have shown that the equalization method of the fiber chromatic dispersion at the receiving terminal is useful with some limitations for ultra-long distance optical communication systems.< >