Timing Jitter Due to Intra-Channel Nonlinearities in an Installed Fiber Optic Network

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Lenihan, A. S., G. E. Tudury, G. M. Carter, O. V. Sinkin, B. Marks, C. R. Menyuk, R. J. Runser, A. Goldman, and T. Lehman. “Timing Jitter Due to Intra-Channel Nonlinearities in an Installed Fiber Optic Network.” In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies (2004), Paper CThG3, CThG3. Optica Publishing Group, 2004. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO-2004-CThG3.

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We report field measurements of intra-channel nonlinearity-induced timing jitter in an installed fiber transmission system. The timing jitter is strongly dependent on the distribution of dispersion compensation, in agreement with numerical simulation results.