Calculation of the bit-error ratio in wavelength-division-multiplexed return-to-zero systems when the nonlinear penalty is dominated collision-induced timing jitter

Author

Sinkin, Oleg V. ; Grigoryan, Vladimir S. ; Zweck, John ; Menyuk, Curtis R.

Author_Institution

Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

2006

fDate

5-10 March 2006

Abstract

We analyze the accuracy of a simple approach for calculating the BER in WDM-RZ systems, where the principal nonlinear impairment is collision-induced timing jitter. This approach produces BERs that are accurate to within one order of magnitude.

Keywords

error statistics; jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; BER; WDM-RZ systems; bit-error ratio; collision-induced timing jitter; nonlinear impairment; nonlinear penalty; return-to-zero systems; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Bit error rate; Crosstalk; Gaussian approximation; Gaussian noise; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Probes; Timing jitter; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006

Print_ISBN

1-55752-803-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2006.215784

Filename

1636815

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2014598