Simple criterion for the characterization of nonlinear impairments in dispersion-managed optical transmission systems

Author

Louchet, Hadrien ; Hodzic, Anes ; Petermann, Klaus ; Robinson, Alan ; Epworth, Richard

Author_Institution

Fachgebiet Hochfrequenztechnik, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany

Volume

17

Issue

10

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2089

Lastpage

2091

Abstract

We report a novel simple metric for the characterization of nonlinear impairments for both single-channel and wavelength-division-multiplexed dispersion-managed transmission systems. We show that transmission lines having identical nonlinear diffusion bandwidth lead to similar nonlinear degradation.

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; dispersion-managed systems; nonlinear degradation; nonlinear diffusion bandwidth; nonlinear impairments; optical transmission systems; single-channel transmission systems; transmission lines; wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission systems; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical propagation; Power transmission lines; Stimulated emission; Transmission lines; Wavelength division multiplexing; Fiber nonlinearity; high-bit-rate transmission systems; optical fiber communication systems; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.856397

Filename

1512282