A system and-method for reducing timing and amplitude jitter in
transmission of Retrun-to-Zero modulated pulses is described. In the
reduction of amplitude jitter the modulated pulses must be phase coherent.
The method comprises the steps of measuring a total dispersion of a
transmission fiber link, computing an optimal amount of pre-chirp to be
added at an input of said transmission fiber link, computing an optimal
amount of pre-chirp to be added at an output of said transmission fiber
link, adding said optimal amount of pre-chirp to said input of said
transmission fiber link and adding said optimal amount of pre-chirp to
said output of said transmission fiber link. The system for reducing
timing jitter in transmission of Return-to-Zero modulated pulses comprises
means for measuring a total dispersion of a transmission fiber link, means
for computing an optimal amount of pre-chirp to be-added at an input of
said transmission fiber link, means for computing an optimal amount of
pre-chirp to be added at an output of said transmission fiber link, means
for adding said optimal amount of pre-chirp to said input of said
transmission fiber link and means for adding said optimal amount of
pre-chirp to said output of said transmission fiber link.
