Nonlinear penalties in long-haul optical networks employing dynamic transponders

Danish Rafique, Andrew D. Ellis

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    Abstract

    We report for the first time, the impact of cross phase modulation in WDM optical transport networks employing dynamic 28 Gbaud PM-mQAM transponders (m = 4, 16, 64, 256). We demonstrate that if the order of QAM is adjusted to maximize the capacity of a given route, there may be a significant degradation in the transmission performance of existing traffic for a given dynamic network architecture. We further report that such degradations are correlated to the accumulated peak-to-average power ratio of the added traffic along a given path, and that managing this ratio through pre-distortion reduces the impact of adjusting the constellation size of neighboring channels. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)9044-9049
    Number of pages6
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume19
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 9 May 2011

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    This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.009044. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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