Title :
Propagation analysis of an 80-Gb/s wavelength-converted signal utilizing XPM
Author :
Veerasubramanian, Venkat ; Hu, Jiankun ; Zweck, John ; Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We model the propagation of an 80-Gb/s wavelength-converted signal generated by utilizing XPM in a highly nonlinear fiber. After propagation over 1280 km or less, wavelength conversion adds no signal degradation in terms of BER.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; BER; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; cross phase modulation; nonlinear fiber; signal degradation; wavelength-converted signal; Band pass filters; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical propagation; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase modulation; Signal analysis; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528225
