Transmission of non-uniform OTDM channels in nonlinearly-guided dispersion-managed fibre system

Zhijian Huang, A Gray, I Khrushchev, I Bennion

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    Abstract

    The effects of channel inequality on nonlinear signal switching in a nonlinear optical fiber loop mirror (NOLM) were investigated. It was found that the channel-to-channel amplitude differences in optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) have strong impact on swiching behavior of individual channels in a 2R regenerator. The optical pulses in different channels face either suppression of the amplitude noise or increase in noise, depending on the inter-channel amplitude difference. It was stated that appropriate control of the channel uniformity in the OTDM transmitters is required to support stable long-haul transmission in 2R regenerated systems.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1216-1218
    Number of pages3
    JournalElectronics letters
    Volume40
    Issue number19
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 16 Sept 2004

    Keywords

    • nonuniform optical time division multiplexing channels
    • nonlinearly guided fibre system
    • optical signal
    • unequal amplitudes
    • nonlinear fibre loop mirror
    • dispersion-managed link

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