Advanced Modulation Formats for High-Capacity Optical Transport Networks

Author

Winzer, Peter J. ; Essiambre, Renè-Jean

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ

Volume

24

Issue

12

fYear

2006

Firstpage

4711

Lastpage

4728

Abstract

Advanced optical modulation formats have become a key ingredient to the design of modern wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optically routed networks. In this paper, we review the generation and detection of multigigabit/second intensity- and phase-modulated formats and highlight their resilience to key impairments found in optical networking, such as optical amplifier noise, chromatic dispersion, polarization-mode dispersion, WDM crosstalk, concatenated optical filtering, and fiber nonlinearity

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical crosstalk; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical noise; phase modulation; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM crosstalk; advanced optical modulation; chromatic dispersion; concatenated optical filtering; fiber nonlinearity; high-capacity optical networks; modulation formats; optical amplifier noise; optical networking; optical routing; optical transport networks; phase-modulated format; polarization-mode dispersion; wavelength-division-multiplexed networks; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Phase detection; Stimulated emission; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Differential phase modulation; digital modulation; intensity modulation; optical communication; optical networks; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.885260

Filename

4063443