Title :
Reduction of intrachannel four-wave mixing using the alternate-phase RZ modulation format
Author :
Forzati, Marco ; Mårtensson, Jonas ; Berntson, Anders ; Djupsjöbacka, Anders ; Johannisson, Pontus
Author_Institution :
Opt. Networks Res. Lab., Ericsson Telecom AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
The authors propose a modulation format in which the phase of the signal pulses alternates, in order to reduce the intrachannel four-wave mixing. They demonstrate numerically that the performance of a 40-Gb/s transmission link can be substantially improved.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; perturbation theory; phase modulation; 40 Gbit/s; 40-Gb/s transmission link; alternate-phase RZ modulation format; dispersion-managed link transmission performance; fiber optics communications; intrachannel four-wave mixing reduction; nonlinear Schrodinger equation; perturbation analysis; phase modulation; signal pulse phase alternation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.801592
