Title :
Effect of cross channel interference on the BER of WDM optical systems using self-seeded gain-switched pulse sources
Author :
Anandarajah, P. ; Barry, L.P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the effect of the pulse side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) on the performance of self-seeded gain-switched (SSGS) pulse sources in a WDM-type system by examining how the received bit-error-rate (BER) of one channel is affected by varying the SMSR of adjacent channels. Our results show that any degradation in SMSR of the pulse sources may significantly affect the performance of the WDM system
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre communication; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical systems; adjacent channels; cross channel interference; pulse side mode suppression ratio; pulse sources; received bit-error-rate; self-seeded gain-switched pulse sources; Bit error rate; Interference; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969221
