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Impact of DCF properties on system design

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The dispersion-compensating fiber is an important optical element of current and future optical networks. In this paper, we review the impact that various properties of dispersion-compensating fibers has on the performance of optical communication systems.

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Essiambre, RJ., Winzer, P. & Grosz, D. Impact of DCF properties on system design. J Optic Comm Rep 3, 221–291 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10297-006-0071-7

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