Title :
Fiber nonlinearities in 16QAM transmission systems
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Nonlinear effects in 28-Gbaud 16QAM transmission with and without inline dispersion compensation are studied. We find that SPM and XPM induced nonlinear phase distortions significantly degrade the performance of 16QAM transmission with inline dispersion compensation.
Keywords :
optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 28-Gbaud 16QAM transmission systems; SPM; XPM induced nonlinear phase distortions; fiber nonlinearity; inline dispersion compensation; Modulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
