Performance limits in optical communications due to fiber nonlinearity

AD Ellis, ME McCarthy, MAZ Al Khateeb… - Advances in Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we review the historical evolution of predictions of the performance of optical
communication systems. We will describe how such predictions were made from the outset …

Robustness of DPSK direct detection transmission format in standard fibre WDM systems

M Rohde, C Caspar, N Heimes, M Konitzer, EJ Bachus… - Electronics Letters, 2000 - IET
Robustness of DPSK direct detection transmission format in standard fibre WDM systems Page
1 ELECTRONICS LETTERS 17th August 2000 Vol. 36 No. 17 Robustness of DPSK direct …

Power spectra of return-to-zero optical signals

E Ip, JM Kahn - Journal of lightwave technology, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Analytical formulas for the power spectra of return-to-zero (RZ) optical signals generated by
Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulators are derived. Pulse duty cycles of 33%, 50%, and 67%, in …

Multiple signal representation simulation of photonic devices, systems, and networks

A Lowery, O Lenzmann, I Koltchanov… - IEEE Journal of …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photonic systems design requires simulation over a wide range of scales; from wavelength-
sized resonances in lasers and filters, to interactions in global networks. To design these …

Method and system for mitigating nonlinear transmission impairments in fiber-optic communications systems

PS Cho, N Reingand, V Grigoryan, A Demir… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data. An optical pulse stream
comprising a plurality of return-to-Zero optical pulses is prepared by modulating a phase of …

Analytical optimization of the net residual dispersion in SPM-limited dispersion-managed systems

X **ao, S Gao, Y Tian, C Yang - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2006 - opg.optica.org
Dispersion management is an effective technique to suppress the nonlinear impairment in
fiber transmission systems, which includes tuning the amounts of precompensation, residual …

All-Optical Format Conversion of NRZ-OOK to RZ-OOK in a Silicon Nanowire Utilizing Either XPM or FWM and Resulting in a Receiver Sensitivity Gain of 2.5 dB

W Astar, JB Driscoll, X Liu, JI Dadap… - IEEE Journal of …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
All-optical format conversion of 10 Gb/s non-return-to-zero on-off keying (NRZ-OOK) to RZ-
OOK has been successfully achieved, for the first time to our knowledge, utilizing either …

Return-to-zero modulator using a single NRZ drive signal and an optical delay interferometer

PJ Winzer, J Leuthold - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate and discuss a new technique for variable duty cycle return-
to-zero (RZ) modulation, employing a phase modulator driven by a single electrical …

Conversion of 10 Gb/s NRZ-OOK to RZ-OOK utilizing XPM in a Si nanowire

W Astar, JB Driscoll, X Liu, JI Dadap, WMJ Green… - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
We have demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge, the conversion of 10 Gb/s non-
return-to-zero (NRZ) on-off keying (NRZ-OOK) to RZ-OOK using cross-phase modulation …

Numerical optimization of residual dispersion in dispersion-managed systems at 40 Gbit/s

Y Frignac, S Bigo - Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000 - opg.optica.org
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1 Numerical optimization of residual dispersion in dispersion-managed systems at 40 Gbit/s …