Title :
Nonlinear interference noise statistics in unmanaged coherent networks with channels propagating over different lightpaths
Author :
Rossi, Nicola ; Ramantanis, P. ; Antona, Jean-Christophe
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. dell´Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
Abstract :
We show that a non pre-dispersed channel suffers a phase-noise-like nonlinear interference from neighboring channels with high cumulated pre-dispersion. In such a configuration we quantify the impact of fiber type and the relative Q-factor penalty.
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical noise; phase noise; telecommunication channels; cumulated predispersion; fiber type; nonlinear interference noise statistics; nonpredispersed channel; phase-noise-like nonlinear interference; relative Q-factor penalty; unmanaged coherent networks; Noise; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Q-factor;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964043
