Numerical investigation and scaling rules for the estimation of nonlinear interference variability of dispersion managed and unmanaged systems in presence of PMD and Kerr effects

Sina Fazel (1, 2, 3) , Nicolas Rossi (4) , Petros Ramantanis (4) , Yann Frignac (5, 1, 2, 3)

1 TSP - EPH - Département Electronique et Physique
2 SAMOVAR - Services répartis, Architectures, MOdélisation, Validation, Administration des Réseaux
3 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4 Nokia Bell Labs [Nozay]
5 TIPIC-SAMOVAR - Traitement de l'Information Pour Images et Communications

We estimate the Kerr nonlinear noise variance for WDM-PDM QPSK links and its variability in presence of PMD. Results specify rules giving the PMD-based NLI statistics and its evolution with distance for both legacy and recent coherent link designs

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Sina Fazel, Nicolas Rossi, Petros Ramantanis, Yann Frignac. Numerical investigation and scaling rules for the estimation of nonlinear interference variability of dispersion managed and unmanaged systems in presence of PMD and Kerr effects. ECOC 2017 : 43rd Europeen Conference and exhibition on Optical Communication, Sep 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden. pp.1 - 3, ⟨10.1109/ECOC.2017.8345982⟩. ⟨hal-01791321⟩