Title :
Stroboscopic BER effects in recirculating-loop optical transmission experiments
Author :
Gnauck, A.H. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Chraplyvy, A.R.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the stroboscopic sampling effect that can occur in optical transmission experiments employing recirculating loops. When the sampling window is shorter than the optical data pattern length, pattern-dependent errors can cause large time-dependent variations in the measured bit-error rate. We also propose and implement a simple method to assure proper sampling statistics.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre communication; sampling methods; BER effects; bit-error rate; optical data pattern length; optical transmission; pattern-dependent errors; recirculating loops; sampling effect; sampling statistics; stroboscopic effects; time-dependent variations; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Sampling methods; Optical transmission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.853228
