Research Article

Performance Analysis of a Linear Gaussian- and tanh-Apodized FBG and Dispersion Compensating Fiber Design for Chromatic Dispersion Compensation in Long-haul Optical Communication Networks

Table 7

Comparison of different designs using the apodized chirped Gaussian profile.

ReferencesFBG refractive indexSMF in kmGaussian-apodized CFBG length in mmQuality factor in dBmBER

[3]1.452108723.147.04 × 10−11
[19]1.471504512.741.63 × 10−37
[15]2100705.959.51 × 10−21
[30]1.4615083.394.51 × 10−35
This work1.46100812.483.15 × 10−45