Calculation of the bit-error ratio in wavelength-division-multiplexed return-to-zero systems when the nonlinear penalty is dominated by collision-induced timing jitter

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2006-03-05

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Sinkin, Oleg V., Vladimir S. Grigoryan, John Zweck, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Calculation of the Bit-Error Ratio in Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Return-to-Zero Systems When the Nonlinear Penalty Is Dominated by Collision-Induced Timing Jitter.” In Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (2006), Paper JThB3, JThB3. Optica Publishing Group, 2006. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=NFOEC-2006-JThB3.

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Fiber optic communications
Optical filters
Bit error rate
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
Nonlinear impairments
Optical fibers
UMBC Computational Photonics Lab
Fiber nonlinearity

Abstract

We analyze the accuracy of a simple approach for calculating the BER in WDM-RZ systems, where the principal nonlinear impairment is collision-induced timing jitter. This approach produces BERs that are accurate to within one order of magnitude.