Comparison of dispersion mapping techniques with fiber nonlinearities in carrier suppressed RZ systems

In this paper, the dispersion maps are compared in the presence of fiber nonlinearities in 10 and 40 Gbps carrier suppressed return to zero (CS-RZ) systems. It is observed that the hybrid-compensation is the best dispersion mapping technique, which reduces the BER produced due to the fiber nonlinearities to the more extent than that of pre-compensation and the post-compensation. This technique increases the repeater length almost up to double than that of pre- and post-compensation. The pre-compensation shows the highest BER followed by post-compensation.. It is also observed that with increase in the input bit rate, the BER for all three compensation techniques is also increased. But the still the hybrid-compensation reduce the BER up to more extent. The BER also increases with the increase in input optical power due to nonlinear impairments on the link at high powers.