Cumulative nonlinear phase shift as engineering rule for performance estimation in 160-Gb/s transmission systems

Author

Vorbeck, Sascha ; Schneiders, Malte

Author_Institution

T-Syst., Darmstadt, Germany

Volume

16

Issue

11

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2571

Lastpage

2573

Abstract

Investigations in high-speed optical systems, based on a line data rate of 160 Gb/s, identified the nonlinear single-channel effects self-phase modulation, intrachannel four-wave mixing, and intrachannel cross-phase modulation as the main limiting factors beside polarization-mode dispersion, chromatic dispersion, and dispersion slope. In this letter, we investigate the impact of nonlinear single-channel effects on the transmission performance of 160-Gb/s systems. We determine an analytical engineering rule for the estimation of system performance and system reach for 160-Gb/s systems, considering various fiber types and amplifier concepts.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; self-phase modulation; telecommunication channels; 160 Gbit/s; chromatic dispersion; dispersion slope; high-speed optical systems; intrachannel cross-phase modulation; intrachannel four-wave mixing; nonlinear phase shift; nonlinear single channel effects; performance estimation; polarization-mode dispersion; self-phase modulation; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Performance analysis; Phase estimation; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.835201

Filename

1344104