Title :
Duty ratio control of nonlinear phase noise in dispersion managed WDM systems using RZ-DPSK modulation
Author :
Tonello, Alessandro ; Wabnitz, Stefan ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Phys. de l´´Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Abstract :
We show that the performance of dispersion managed WDM systems using the RZ-DPSK modulation format as limited by nonlinear mixing between signal and noise may be significantly improved by properly adjusting the signal duty ratio.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; phase noise; wavelength division multiplexing; RZ-DPSK modulation format; WDM system; differential phase shift keying; dispersion management; nonlinear phase noise; signal duty ratio; wavelength division multiplexing; Control systems; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Engineering management; Nonlinear control systems; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192546
