Title :
Reduction of phase noise by mid-link spectral inversion in a DPSK based transmission system
Author :
Jansen, S.L. ; van den Borne, D. ; Khoe, G.D. ; de Waardt, H. ; Monsalve, C. Climent ; Spälter, S. ; Krummrich, P.M.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
We show, in an 800 km SSMF (standard single mode fiber) transmission experiment, that mid-link spectral inversion can be employed to reduce the effect of phase noise (Gordon-Mollenauer noise) on DPSK (differential phase-shift-keying) by over two decades in BER.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical phase conjugation; phase noise; 800 km; BER; DPSK based transmission system; Gordon-Mollenauer noise; SSMF transmission; differential phase-shift-keying; mid-link spectral inversion; phase conjugation; phase noise reduction; standard single mode fiber; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Phase noise; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192986
