Accurate Probabilistic Treatment of Bit-Pattern-Dependent Nonlinear Distortions in BER Calculations for WDM RZ Systems

Author

Sinkin, Oleg V. ; Grigoryan, Vladimir S. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.

Author_Institution

Maryland Baltimore County Univ., Baltimore

Volume

25

Issue

10

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2959

Lastpage

2968

Abstract

We introduce a fully deterministic computationally efficient method for characterizing the effect of nonlinearity in optical fiber transmission systems that utilize wavelength division multiplexing and return-to-zero (RZ) modulation. The method is based on a probability analysis of the bit patterns, and it accurately accounts for bit-pattern-dependence effect due to both nonlinearly induced amplitude and timing jitter. We apply this method in calculating the error probability in a prototypical multichannel RZ undersea system in the presence of both nonlinear distortion and amplifier noise.

Keywords

error statistics; nonlinear distortion; optical distortion; optical fibre communication; timing jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; amplifier noise; bit error rate; bit-pattern-dependent nonlinear distortions; error probability; multichannel RZ undersea system; optical fiber transmission; return-to-zero modulation; timing jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; Bit error rate; Error probability; Nonlinear distortion; Optical amplifiers; Optical computing; Optical fibers; Pattern analysis; Prototypes; Timing jitter; Wavelength division multiplexing; Communication system nonlinearities; communication system performance; error analysis; optical fiber communication; optical propagation in nonlinear media;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2007.904032

Filename

4346636