Impairments due to nonlinearity and birefringence in optical transmission systems

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1997-02-16

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Menyuk, C. R. "Impairments Due to Nonlinearity and Birefringence in Optical Transmission Systems". In Conference on Optical Fiber Communications (1997), Paper WC3, WC3. Optica Publishing Group, 1997. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OFC-1997-WC3.

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Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Optical systems
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
Kerr effect
Nonlinear impairments
Bit error rate
Optical fibers

Abstract

Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers compensate for fiber attenuation but allow nonlinear and birefringence-induced impairments to accumulate along the length of an optical fiber transmission system.