Title :
XPM-Induced Degradation of Multilevel Phase Modulated Channel Caused by Neighboring NRZ Modulated Channels
Author :
Jensen, J.B. ; Schiellerup, Gert ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Tokle, Torger ; Jeppesen, P.
Author_Institution :
COM·DTU, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
The impact of XPM from NRZ modulated channels on an 8-level phase modulated channel in a WDM system was investigated. Requirements on launch power are found. 400 km transmission was achieved with negligible penalty.
Keywords :
phase modulation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 8-level phase modulated channel; NRZ; WDM system; XPM; launch power; Bit error rate; Degradation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528082
