Contribution of timing jitter and amplitude distortion to XPM system penalty in WDM systems

Author

Eiselt, Michael ; Shtaif, Mark ; Garrett, Lara D.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

11

Issue

6

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

748

Lastpage

750

Abstract

We compare the impact of intensity distortion and timing jitter due to cross-phase modulation (XPM) in a wavelength-division-multiplexed system and find that the contribution from intensity distortion is more significant. We then examine the commonly used method of estimating XPM system penalties from the amplitude of XPM-induced intensity modulation of a continuous-wave (CW) probe. Our study indicates that this approach does indeed provide a good estimate of XPM system penalty by comparing simulations, CW probe experimental results, and systems experiment results.

Keywords

intensity modulation; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; timing jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; CW probe; CW probe experimental results; WDM systems; XPM system penalties; XPM system penalty; XPM-induced intensity modulation; amplitude distortion; cross-phase modulation; intensity distortion; timing jitter; wavelength-division-multiplexed system; Amplitude estimation; Chromatic dispersion; Frequency; Intensity modulation; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Probes; Rails; Timing jitter; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.766806

Filename

766806