Title :
Experimental investigation of soliton optical phase jitter
Author :
Hanna, Marc ; Porte, Henri ; Goedgebuer, Jean-Pierre ; Rhodes, William T.
Author_Institution :
GTL-CNRS Telecom, Metz, France
Abstract :
The soliton optical phase stability versus amplified spontaneous noise is investigated in a recirculation loop experiment in the presence of in-line filters. The behavior of phase fluctuations is shown to be in good agreement with numerical simulations. The phase standard deviation is kept below 0.15/spl times//spl pi/ for distances up to 8000 km. We, therefore, demonstrate the feasibility of phase-shift keying on solitons for long-haul transmission systems.
Keywords :
fluctuations; jitter; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; stability; 8000 km; amplified spontaneous noise; in-line filters; long-haul transmission systems; numerical simulations; phase fluctuations; phase standard deviation; phase-shift keying; recirculation loop experiment; soliton optical phase jitter; Fluctuations; Jitter; Numerical simulation; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical solitons; Phase noise; Phase shift keying; Stability; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
