Abstract
It is demonstrated that discrete Raman amplifiers using highly nonlinear fibers can sufficiently suppress the four-wave-mixing-induced signal degradation by careful optimization of the fiber dispersion, and that they are practically feasible in WDM transmission.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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