Title :
XPM-induced impairments in RZ-DPSK transmission in a multi-modulation format WDM system
Author :
Lenihan, A.S. ; Tudury, G.E. ; Astar, W. ; Carter, G.M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the impact of XPM-induced penalties on a RZ-DPSK channel due to NRZ-ASK neighbors in a WDM transmission system, and examine the dependence on channel spacing and launch polarization.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; channel spacing; differential phase shift keying; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; NRZ-ASK neighbors; RZ-DPSK channel; RZ-DPSK transmission; XPM-induced impairment; XPM-induced penalty impact; channel spacing; multimodulation format WDM transmission system; optical polarization; Amplitude shift keying; Channel spacing; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Electrooptic modulators; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Phase modulation; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202172
