KEYWORDS: Phase modulation, Signal processing, Optical amplifiers, Polarization, Receivers, Digital filtering, Digital signal processing, Telecommunications, Multiplexing, Optical filters
The performance of polarization multiplexed, quadrature phase shift keying (PM QPSK) and polarization multiplexed
16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (PM 16-QAM) is considered with an emphasis on the signal processing
algorithms that compensate transmission impairments and implement key receiver functions.
KEYWORDS: Stochastic processes, Error analysis, Telecommunications, Monte Carlo methods, Statistical analysis, Interference (communication), Digital signal processing, Optical filters, Optical communications, Complex systems
Two different semi-analytical methods for error probability estimation in PDM-QPSK optical
communication systems are investigated. We consider the accuracy of a stochastic semi-analytical method
based on Gaussian noise statistics and a deterministic semi-analytical method where the noise probability
density function is estimated analytically against Monte-Carlo simulation. Linear coherent PDM-QPSK
systems with distortions induced by filtering only, and nonlinear coherent PDM-QPSK systems with or
without inline dispersion compensation are studied. Our results suggest that the stochastic semi-analytical
method based on Gaussian noise statistics works very well for practical fiber-optic communication systems.
KEYWORDS: Semiconductor optical amplifiers, Telecommunications, Monte Carlo methods, Optical communications, Local area networks, Optical fibers, Optical components, Computer simulations, Interference (communication), Signal to noise ratio
This article presents, for the first time, the derivation of approximate analytical formulae for the probability density function and the cumulative density function of the optical signal-to-noise ratio variation in optical local and metropolitan area networks due to the weakly polarization-dependent gain of cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers. The cumulative density function is used to calculate the outage probability and derive specifications for the maximum allowable value of polarization-dependent gain per semiconductor optical amplifier in order to achieve a given network size.
We have used optical simulations as a means of setting component requirements, assessing component compatibility, and designing experiments in the MONET (Multiwavelength Optical Networking) Project. This paper reviews the simulation method, gives some examples of the types of simulations that have been performed, and discusses the validation of the simulations.
Laser phase noise deteriorates the high sensitivity of heterodyne optical receivers. To reduce phase noise influence, the intermediate frequency signal resulting from the coherent detection is filtered by a narrow bandpass filter (BPF). The phase noise at the input of the BPF generates an amplitude and phase noise at the output of the BPF. The joint probability density function of these noises is evaluated in the case of a first order filter by numerical resolution of a Fokker-Planck equation. A finite difference operator splitting scheme is used. The accuracy of the numerical solution is checked comparing numerically and analytically calculated moments. In addition, a new very efficient method for the analytical calculation of moments is developed. Contour plots of the probability density for both a finite time integrator and a first order filter are compared in order to show the impact of different filter types on phase noise filtering. The marginal pdf of the amplitude and phase noise at the output of the above filters are also calculated.
This paper proposes an accurate computer model of the nonuniform FM response of semiconductor lasers, to be used in the computer- aided design of coherent optical communication systems. The model is communications engineer oriented and does not involve the physical insight of the device. The main idea of this approach is that the FM response of the laser can be approximated by a recursive digital filter based directly on measurements of the FM response. The procedure is divided into two steps: First, measurements of the FM response are fitted by a rational interpolant using the theory of multi-point Pade approximants. Then, the impulse invariant transformation is used to calculate digital filter coefficients. The procedure is applied in the case of a conventional single-electrode distributed-feedback laser. The calculated digital filter is used to study the influence of the nonuniform FM response on the performance of a coherent heterodyne CPFSK system with differential receiver operating at 1 Gb/s. The sensitivity penalty is given as a function of SNR, phase noise, and sequence length by a semianalytical technique. Theoretical and experimental results are in excellent agreement.
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