Statistical approach to end-to-end dispersion budgeting in single-mode fiber links using multilongitudinal-mode lasers

This paper presents a statistical analysis to the end-to-end chromatic dispersion budgeting in single-mode fiber links which employ multilongitudinal-mode laser transmitters around 1.3 or 1.55 μm regions. This is a novel approach which is relevant for upgrading the "bit rate × distance" of those already installed 400- and 565-Mbit/s fiber links.