Impact of Kerr nonlinearity on novel orthogonal modulation formats in WDM networks

Author

Dúill, Seán Ó ; O´Dowd, Ronan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr., Electron. & Mech. Eng., Univ. Coll. Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

fYear

2009

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present numerical calculations of the impact that optical nonlinearities have on orthogonal transmission formats that facilitate all-optical switching in wavelength division multiplexed networks (WDM), such as Frequency Shift Keying with Intensity Modulation (FSK/IM). The main nonlinearity under consideration is the Kerr effect in optical fibers.

Keywords

frequency shift keying; intensity modulation; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; Kerr nonlinearity; WDM networks; all-optical switching; frequency shift keying; intensity modulation; numerical calculations; optical fibers; orthogonal modulation formats; wavelength division multiplexing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency shift keying; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; All Optical Switching; Frequency Shift Keying; Nonlinear Effects; Wavelength Division Multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3857-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3856-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2009.5307792

Filename

5307792