Title :
Effects of chromatic dispersion, Kerr nonlinearity and amplifier noise in long PSK optical fibre systems
Author :
Hamaide, J.P. ; Emplit, P. ; Audouin, O. ; Gabriagues, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
The power penalty induced by dispersion, Kerr nonlinearity, attenuation and amplifier noise is numerically investigated for long 6000 km amplified PSK systems. Transmission is only possible in the normal dispersion domain.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical links; phase shift keying; 6000 km; Kerr nonlinearity; PSK optical fibre; amplifier noise; attenuation; chromatic dispersion; normal dispersion domain; power penalty;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920027
