Title :
Comparison of analytical models for the nonlinear noise in dispersive coherent optical communications systems
Author :
Roudas, I. ; Kaliteevskiy, N. ; Sterlingov, P. ; Wood, William A.
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
We compare the accuracy of recently-published closed-form expressions for the nonlinear noise in coherent PDM-QPSK and PDM-16QAM optical systems without in-line chromatic dispersion compensation against the numerical solution of the vector nonlinear Schrödinger equation and show their limitations.
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; multiplexing; nonlinear equations; numerical analysis; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; analytical models; closed-form expressions; coherent PDM-16QAM optical system; coherent PDM-QPSK optical system; dispersive coherent optical communication systems; nonlinear noise; numerical solution; vector nonlinear Schrodinger equation; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656410
