Title :
Cross phase modulation penalties in polarization-multiplexed RZ-DQPSK transmission
Author :
Siano, Rocco ; Marazzi, Lucia ; Boffi, Pierpaolo ; Martelli, Paolo ; Parolari, Paola ; Righetti, Aldo ; Martinelli, Mario
Author_Institution :
CoreCom, Milano
Abstract :
XPM impairment on PolDM RZ-DQPSK transmission is experimentally investigated over 50 km uncompensated SMF fiber. Measured propagation penalties due to a 50 or 100 GHz spaced RZ-shaped channel at different power and state of polarization are discussed.
Keywords :
channel spacing; differential phase shift keying; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; phase modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; PolDM; RZ-shaped channel; SMF fiber; cross phase modulation penalties; distance 50 km; frequency 100 GHz; frequency 50 GHz; nonlinearity effect; polarization-multiplexed RZ-DQPSK transmission; propagation penalty measurement; state-of-polarization; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Phase modulation; Power measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628066
