Title :
Spectral broadening due to cross-phase modulation (XPM) in OOK WDM transmission systems
Author :
Bellotti, Giovanni ; Francia, Cristian ; Bononi, Alberto
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria dell´´Inf., Parma Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The signal broadening due to XPM in OOK-WDM systems is evaluated for asynchronous channels including walk-off and dispersion compensation, and it is shown it can be described by an equivalent laser linewidth
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; compensation; intermodulation distortion; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; phase modulation; spectral line broadening; wavelength division multiplexing; OOK WDM transmission systems; asynchronous channels; beam propagation method; cross-phase modulation; dispersion compensation; equivalent laser linewidth; low dispersion; non-return to zero system; on-off keying; power spectrum; signal broadening; spectral broadening; walk-off compensation; Bit rate; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645377
