Title :
Simple technique to determine cross-phase modulation induced penalties in WDM transmission
Author :
Thiele, H.-J. ; Killey, R.I. ; Bayvel, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
A simple technique using measured or calculated cross-phase modulation distortion of a CW channel to predict transmission penalties is presented. The accuracy of this method is demonstrated with direct BER measurements of 10 Gbit/s WDM channels for a range of distances using a recirculating loop.
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical fiber communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; CW channel; Gbit/s WDM channels; WDM transmission; cross-phase modulation distortion; cross-phase modulation induced penalties; direct BER measurements; recirculating loop; transmission penalties; Bit error rate; Distortion measurement; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Intelligent networks; Intensity modulation; Nonlinear distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Probes; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868562
