Scaling of nonlinear threshold with fiber type and channel spacing in WDM transmission systems

Author

Fischer, Johannes Karl ; Winter, Marcus ; Petermann, Klaus

Author_Institution

Fachgebiet Hochfrequenztech.-Photonik, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

It is shown that the impact of interchannel nonlinear effects in wavelength-division multiplexed fiber-optic transmission systems depends on channel spacing, the fiber´s group-velocity dispersion and its attenuation coefficient, condensed into a single dimensionless parameter.

Keywords

channel spacing; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM transmission systems; attenuation coefficient; channel spacing; fiber group-velocity dispersion; interchannel nonlinear effects; nonlinear threshold scaling; optical Kerr effect; wavelength-division multiplexed fiber-optic transmission systems; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Channel spacing; Dispersion; Frequency domain analysis; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Transfer functions; Wavelength division multiplexing; 060.2330 Fiber optics communications; 190.3270 Kerr effect;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032307