Intersymbol interference and timing jitter measurements in a 40-Gb/s long-haul dispersion-managed soliton system

Author

Ereifej, Heider N. ; Holzlöhner, Ronald ; Carter, Gary M. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Plasma Res., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

14

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

343

Lastpage

345

Abstract

In this work, we have measured timing jitter in a 40-Gb/s dispersion-managed soliton system. By accurately separating out the Gordon-Haus timing jitter from the overall timing jitter, we have demonstrated that intersymbol interference limits the error-free propagation distance in our system. Finally, we show that amplitude noise can enhance the measurement of timing jitter, which can lead to inaccuracy in determining the true system limitations.

Keywords

intersymbol interference; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical noise; optical solitons; optical variables measurement; timing jitter; 40 Gbit/s; Gordon-Haus timing jitter; amplitude noise; dispersion-managed soliton system; error-free propagation distance; intersymbol interference; intersymbol interference measurements; long-haul dispersion-managed soliton system; optical communications; overall timing jitter; system limitations; timing jitter; timing jitter measurements; Computer science; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Intersymbol interference; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Solitons; Timing jitter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.986807

Filename

986807