DocumentCode
771522
Title
Noise variance due to stimulated Raman scattering among channels of a wavelength-division-multiplexed system
Author
Muktoyuk, M. ; Kumar, S.
Author_Institution
Corning Inc., NY, USA
Volume
15
Issue
9
fYear
2003
Firstpage
1222
Lastpage
1224
Abstract
We calculate the noise variance created by stimulated Raman scattering between signal channels of a wavelength-division-multiplexed system, accounting for group velocity dispersion. The results show that the noise variance is significantly reduced in the presence of dispersion. When average dispersion is zero, we see the noise variance scale quadratically with distance, while nonzero average dispersion yields linear growth with distance.
Keywords
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; stimulated Raman scattering; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; group velocity dispersion; linear growth; noise variance; noise variance scale; nonzero average dispersion; signal channels; stimulated Raman scattering; wavelength-division-multiplexed system; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Dispersion; Jitter; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Perturbation methods; Raman scattering;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2003.816698
Filename
1224586
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