Impact of bit pattern and dispersion variation on cross-phase modulation penalty

Author

Lucero, A.J. ; Ten, S. ; da Silva, V.L.

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. & Test Center, Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

37

Abstract

Our simulations demonstrate that in wavelength-division multiplexing systems where cross phase modulation is the dominant nonlinear impairment, performance penalties depend weakly on dispersion statistical variations and have a strong bit pattern dependence.

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; phase modulation; statistical analysis; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; WDM system; bit pattern; cross-phase modulation penalty; dispersion statistical variations; dispersion variation; dominant nonlinear impairment; performance penalties; strong bit pattern dependence; wavelength-division multiplexing systems; Bit rate; Computational modeling; Dispersion; Electronic mail; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear equations; Optical modulation; Photonics; System testing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768056

Filename

768056