Title :
Effect of dispersion on spectrum-sliced WDM systems
Author :
Wongpaibool, Virach ; Jacobs, Ira
Author_Institution :
Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
In spectrum-sliced WDM systems the carrier signals for the individual channels are obtained by filtering a wideband noise source. Because of the inherent fluctuations of the noise-like source the channel bandwidth, must be large compared to the bit rate. Such systems are then susceptible to dispersion, and one expects an optimum value to balance signal fluctuation and dispersion effects. The purpose of this paper is to describe and present the results of an idealized analytical model for this problem, with results expressed in terms of normalized parameters. We consider the case of a broadband noise source that is spectrally sliced by a rectangular filter
Keywords :
fluctuations; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical noise; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; analytical model; bit rate; broadband noise source; carrier signals; dispersion effects; individual channels; normalized parameters; optimum value; rectangular filter; signal fluctuation; spectrum-sliced WDM system dispersion effects; wideband noise source filtering; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Fluctuations; Gaussian noise; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.737886