Abstract
From studying the statistical behaviour of return-to-zero (RZ) differential phase shift keyed (DPSK) transmission links dominated by fibre nonlinearity, we observe strictly non-Gaussian behaviour in the tails of underlying received current probability density functions. Using this analysis, we derive a new statistical estimate of bit error rate (BER) in pseudo-linear transmission regimes under the growing influence of fibre nonlinearity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1455-1462 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Optics Communications |
Volume | 282 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 10 Jan 2009 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2009 |