Title :
A covariance matrix method for calculating accurate bit error rates in a DWDM chirped RZ system
Author :
Holzlohner, R. ; Menyuk, C. ; Grigoryan, V. ; Kath, W.
Author_Institution :
Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We present a covariance matrix method to compute accurate error rates in a 10Gb/s DWDM chirped RZ transmission systems with channels spaced 50GHz apart at the computational cost of only 280 Monte Carlo noise realizations.
Keywords :
AWGN; Monte Carlo methods; covariance matrices; error statistics; optical receivers; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 50 GHz; DWDM; Monte Carlo noise realizations; accurate bit error rates; chirped RZ transmission system; computational cost; covariance matrix method; Bit error rate; Chirp; Covariance matrix; Error analysis; Jitter; Monte Carlo methods; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Pulse amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248425
