Title :
System degradation by the SPM-induced mean nonlinear phase shift in optical QAM transmission
Author :
Seimetz, Matthias
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin
Abstract :
Optical QAM transmission inherently suffers from performance degradation caused by different mean nonlinear phase shifts experienced by symbols with different power levels. This paper illustrates this effect and shows possible compensation schemes and their efficiency.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; self-phase modulation; SPM-induced mean nonlinear phase shift; optical QAM transmission; performance degradation; quadrature amplitude modulation; self-phase modulation; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Quadrature amplitude modulation; (060.1660) Coherent communications; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.4080) Modulation;
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
