Title :
Nonlinear threshold decrease with distance in 112 Gb/s PDM-QPSK coherent systems
Author :
Bononi, Alberto ; Rossi, Nicola ; Serena, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. dell´Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
Abstract :
We show that the accumulation rate of nonlinearity in NDM links can also be measured from the nonlinear threshold decrease rate, and provide simulations of such rates for each single- and cross-channel effect.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; telecommunication channels; NDM links; PDM-QPSK coherent systems; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; cross-channel effect; nonlinear threshold decrease rate; single-channel effect; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Modulation; Optimized production technology; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
