DocumentCode
448244
Title
Accurate prediction of Q vs. OSNR for linear and nonlinear propagation
Author
Tudury, G.E. ; Lenihan, A.S. ; Carter, G.M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1342
Abstract
We investigate the effects of self-phase-modulation on the pulse characteristics of an RZ channel in a WDM loop. Even in the case of significant spectral broadening, the Q-value can be predicted from the linear theory.
Keywords
light propagation; optical fibre communication; optical noise; self-phase modulation; spectral line broadening; wavelength division multiplexing; Q-value; WDM loop; linear propagation; linear theory; optical SNR; pulse characteristics; return-to-zero channel; self-phase-modulation; spectral broadening; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Signal to noise ratio; Space vector pulse width modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202119
Filename
1573185
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