• humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    I’m highly suspicious about group dispersion over long distances. Today’s infrastructure was developed for a certain range of frequencies. Broading it right away wouldn’t be applicable that easy - we would need to introduce error correction which compromises the speed multiplier.

    Too lazy to get the original paper though

    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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      6 months ago

      The zero dispersion wavelength of G.652.D fiber is between 1302 nm and 1322 nm, in the O-band.

      Dispersion pretty much linearly increases as you move away from its zero dispersion wavelength.

      Typical current DWDM systems operate in the range of 1528.38 nm to 1563.86 nm, in the C-band.

      Group dispersion in the E-band and S-band is lower than at current DWDM wavelengths, because these bands sit between the O-band and the C-band.