DocumentCode
356493
Title
Simple technique to determine cross-phase modulation induced penalties in WDM transmission
Author
Thiele, H.-J. ; Killey, R.I. ; Bayvel, P.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Volume
3
fYear
2000
fDate
7-10 March 2000
Firstpage
194
Abstract
A simple technique using measured or calculated cross-phase modulation distortion of a CW channel to predict transmission penalties is presented. The accuracy of this method is demonstrated with direct BER measurements of 10 Gbit/s WDM channels for a range of distances using a recirculating loop.
Keywords
Q-factor; optical fiber communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; CW channel; Gbit/s WDM channels; WDM transmission; cross-phase modulation distortion; cross-phase modulation induced penalties; direct BER measurements; recirculating loop; transmission penalties; Bit error rate; Distortion measurement; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Intelligent networks; Intensity modulation; Nonlinear distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Probes; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-630-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2000.868562
Filename
868562
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