Flexible OFDM-based access systems with intrinsic function of chromatic dispersion compensation

摘要

Cost-effective and tunable chromatic dispersion compensation in a fiber link are still an open issue in metro and access networks to cope with increasing costs and power consumption. Intrinsic chromatic dispersion compensation functionality of optical fractional orthogonal frequency division multiplexing is discussed and experimentally demonstrated using dispersion-tunable transmitter and receiver based on wavelength selective switching devices. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.