Title :
Experimental characterization of Gaussian-distributed nonlinear distortions
Author :
Vacondio, F. ; Simonneau, C. ; Lorcy, L. ; Antona, J.-C. ; Bononi, A. ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
Centre de Villarceaux, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
Abstract :
We show that in dispersion-uncompensated 100G systems Kerr nonlinearity is akin to additive Gaussian noise. Its variance grows as a power of propagation distance, and represents 1/3 of total noise variance at optimal channel power.
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; nonlinear distortion; optical Kerr effect; optical distortion; optical noise; quadrature phase shift keying; Gaussian-distributed nonlinear distortions; PDM-QPSK systems; dispersion-uncompensated systems Kerr nonlinearity; experimental characterization; optimal channel power; propagation distance; total noise variance; Noise measurement; Nonlinear distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
