Title :
Non-Gaussian optical field statistics in a long-haul soliton-based DPSK transmission system
Author :
Donovan, G.M. ; Kath, W.L. ; Spiller, E.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Math., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate with importance-sampled Monte-Carlo simulations that the tails of the optical field´s probability distribution at the end of a long-haul soliton-based DPSK transmission system are strongly non-Gaussian.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; importance sampling; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; statistical distributions; DPSK transmission system; importance-sampled Monte-Carlo simulation; long-haul soliton; nonGaussian optical field statistics; probability distribution; Computational modeling; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Jitter; Monte Carlo methods; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical solitons; Probability distribution; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549282
