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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202119
