Analysis of Nonlinear Phenomena for Optical Soliton Transmission in DWDM Systems

Author

Bang, S.W. ; Daut, D.G.

Author_Institution

State Univ. of New Jersey, Piscataway

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The key feature of optical soliton transmission is the capability of pulses to maintain their shape even when transmitted over very long distance. However, the optical soliton technique in DWDM systems is difficult to use because of optical fiber nonlinearities. CPM leads to spectral broadening and FWM may result in significant crosstalk among the channels. Understanding the effects optical fiber nonlinearities is crucial in order to optimize system performance. In this study, the effects of optical fiber nonlinearities are evaluated in conjunction with various EDFA gain ratios in 16 channel and 32 channel optical soliton transmission systems.

Keywords

erbium; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical solitons; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM Systems; EDFA; FWM; crosstalk; optical fiber nonlinearities; optical soliton transmission; spectral broadening; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical pulse compression; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sarnoff Symposium, 2006 IEEE

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0002-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SARNOF.2006.4534714

Filename

4534714