• DocumentCode
    1834007
  • Title

    Timing-jitter in high bit-rate WDM communication systems due to PMD-nonlinearity interaction

  • Author

    Khosravani, Reza

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. Sci., Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park, CA, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    We show that the interaction of polarization-mode-dispersion and cross-phase-modulation in 10 and 40 Gbit/s WDM systems results in a significant timing-jitter, even in the absence of a PMD compensator. An acceptable PMD level can generate unacceptable jitter in WDM systems.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; phase modulation; timing jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; PMD-nonlinearity interaction; cross-phase-modulation; high bit-rate WDM communication; polarization-mode-dispersion; timing jitter; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Jitter; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.193104
  • Filename
    1499697