DocumentCode
376108
Title
Effect of cross channel interference on the BER of WDM optical systems using self-seeded gain-switched pulse sources
Author
Anandarajah, P. ; Barry, L.P.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Ireland
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
159
Abstract
We experimentally investigate the effect of the pulse side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) on the performance of self-seeded gain-switched (SSGS) pulse sources in a WDM-type system by examining how the received bit-error-rate (BER) of one channel is affected by varying the SMSR of adjacent channels. Our results show that any degradation in SMSR of the pulse sources may significantly affect the performance of the WDM system
Keywords
error statistics; optical fibre communication; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical systems; adjacent channels; cross channel interference; pulse side mode suppression ratio; pulse sources; received bit-error-rate; self-seeded gain-switched pulse sources; Bit error rate; Interference; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7105-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969221
Filename
969221
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