• DocumentCode
    872005
  • Title

    Importance sampling of Gordon-Mollenauer soliton phase noise in optical fibers

  • Author

    Tonello, A. ; Wabnitz, S. ; Gabitov, I. ; Indik, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Phys., Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon-, France
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    886
  • Lastpage
    888
  • Abstract
    We develop an importance sampling method to perform the direct numerical computation of the probability density function of the random optical soliton phase under the influence of both amplifier spontaneous emission noise and nonlinear conversion of amplitude to phase fluctuations owing to the Kerr effect, or nonlinear phase noise.
  • Keywords
    importance sampling; optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical noise; optical solitons; phase noise; spontaneous emission; Gordon-Mollenauer soliton phase noise; Kerr effect; amplifier spontaneous emission noise; amplitude fluctuations; importance sampling; optical fibers; phase fluctuations; probability density function; Monte Carlo methods; Noise level; Optical amplifiers; Optical computing; Optical fibers; Optical solitons; Phase noise; Probability density function; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spontaneous emission; Differential phase-shift keying (DPSK); nonlinear optics; optical fiber communication; optical solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2006.871817
  • Filename
    1608195