Title :
Performance fluctuations due to polarization effects and nonlinearity in a terrestrial WDM system
Author :
Wen, Jiping ; Yan, Li ; Carter, Gary M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Abstract :
We show that, in a typical terrestrial WDM system, the intra-channel nonlinearity-induced Q fluctuation is comparable to that due to PDL alone, and the inter-channel nonlinearity dominates Q fluctuations at narrow channel spacings.
Keywords :
channel spacing; fluctuations; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; PDL; Q fluctuation; intra-channel nonlinearity; narrow channel spacing; polarization effects; polarization-dependent loss; terrestrial WDM system; Channel spacing; Crosstalk; Fluctuations; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Q measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.4510) Optical communications; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and soliton;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628063
