Priority-based parameter optimization strategy for reducing the effects of four-wave mixing on WDM system

In order to meet the ultra high speed and ultra long-haul transmission distance in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems, the nonlinear impairment affecting the overall spectral efficiency and system performance should be minimized. This paper proposes a strategy to mitigate the four-wave mixing (FWM) effect in WDM system. The strategy determines the effect of both single and combined effects of second, third, and fourth optimization priority parameters such as fiber length, input power, dispersion, channel spacing, and effective area on FWM power. A comparison study was made under different types of optical fiber such as single-mode fiber (SMF), dispersion shifted fiber, non-zero dispersion fiber, and non-zero dispersion shifted fiber. In addition, the system performance in term of bit-error-rate was calculated in the case of single priority (impact of effective area) and combined priority (impact of effective area, input power, fiber length and channel spacing). The results show that the FWM effect was reduced based on the transmission parameters order of optimization, i.e., priority selection proposed. Moreover, the results indicated that increasing sequentially the effective area, fiber length; channel spacing and decreasing the input power provide the most significant sequence in suppressing the effects of FWM. This priority sequence brought the suppression ratio to approximately 26.3% in SMF, which suppressed the FWM effects up to −50 dBm. In term of BER; the combined priority introduces improvement in BER of 2.31 × 10⁻²⁵ in comparison with single priority that has value of BER 4 × 10⁻¹⁴. Finally, this work suggests that the proposed priority-based parameter optimization strategy is an ideal solution for optimum performance of WDM system.     

Optimum algorithm for WDM channel allocation for reducing four-wave mixing effects

A novel channel allocation method, based on optical Golomb ruler (OGR), that allows reduction of the FWM effect while maintaining bandwidth efficiency along with the algorithms has been presented in this paper. Very high-capacity, long-haul optical communication systems can be designed by wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) of high-bit-rate channels and by using erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) to periodically compensate the fiber loss. In such all-optical systems, the effects of chromatic dispersion and nonlinearities accumulate during light propagation, imposing limits on the achievable performance. Chromatic dispersion at 1.55 pm can be effectively reduced by using dispersion-shifted fiber (DSF). The use of very-low-dispersion fiber, however, enhances the efficiency of generation of four-wave mixing (FWM) waves by reducing the phase mismatch naturally provided by the fiber dispersion. For this reason, crosstalk due to FWM is the dominant nonlinear effect in long-haul WDM systems using DSFs. To reduce four-wave-mixing crosstalk in high capacity long-haul repeater less WDM light wave systems, the use of the channel allocation method that involves unequal spaced channels has been proposed.     

色散位移光纤中的四波混频现象的实验研究

采用不同波长和类型的光源作为入射光信号,对色散位移光纤中的四波混频进行了实验研究。实验比较了不同色散位移光纤链组合时产生的四波混频信号的大小,研究表明,为了减小四波混频,应该在每一放大器间距内将零色散点波长距信号光波长较远的光纤铺在最接近掺铒光纤放大器处,而零色散点波长距信号光波长较近的光纤应该远离掺铒光纤放大器。对实验中的各种现象进行了理论分析,提出了一些减小四波混频的有益建议,实验结果和理论分析基本一致。     

Investigations on order and width of RZ super Gaussian pulse in different WDM systems at 40 Gb/s using dispersion compensating fibers

In optical wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) systems the dispersion management is a key issue. In optical systems a lot of research is going on to reduce dispersion by selecting proper dispersion compensating techniques and proper modulation format for input data. One way to reduce dispersion is by using dispersion compensating fibers in the WDM systems. This paper analyzes the use of RZ super Gaussian pulse inputs for different WDM systems i.e. for conventional, dense and ultra dense WDM systems employing dispersion compensating fibers. The pulse width and the order of the RZ super Gaussian pulse was varied to evaluate the performance at 40 Gb/s. The experiment showed that to get minimum BER, pulse width of 7.5 ps and 10 ps along with third-order RZ super Gaussian pulse were found suitable and recommended to be used.     

基于PSO算法的WDM系统中自适应PMD补偿的性能分析

提出了一种应用于WDM系统中的自适应偏振模色散(PMD)补偿方法。将偏振扰频器与基本正交偏振分束探测相结合,首先由偏振信号光功率PS和消偏的背景噪声PN得到光信噪比(OSNR),然后再通过OSNR与偏振度(DOP)的关系来实现多信道DOP的监测。采用粒子群优化(PSO)算法实现了DOP的搜索和跟踪,并经D/A转换,将对应的电压施加在偏振控制器上。调制电压范围为0~10V,调节信号的基本偏振态,从而形成闭环反馈控制模块。通过多次迭代,得到了DOP的最佳值,实现了对PMD的自适应补偿。补偿后,眼图张开度得到了明显的改善。论证了补偿方法的有效性。     

Impact of fibre nonlinearities in optical DWDM transmission systems at different data rates

The impact of major fibre nonlinearities, like stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and four wave mixing (FWM), in cascaded amplifier dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transmission system, has been studied at different data rates. SRS has been calculated considering pulse walk off effect. Analysis has been carried out to evaluate signal to noise ratio (SNR) considering the combined effect of SRS and FWM in the presence of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise to achieve minimum noise at different data rates.     

A new synchronization scheme based on time division multiplexing and wavelength division multiplexing technology for practical quantum key distribution system

Three clock synchronization schemes for a quantum key distribution system are compared experimentally through the outdoor fibre and the interaction physical model of the the clock signal and the the quantum signal in the quantum key distribution system is analysed to propose a new synchronization scheme based on time division multiplexing and wavelength division multiplexing technology to reduce quantum bits error rates under some transmission rate conditions.The proposed synchronization scheme can not only completely eliminate noise photons from the bright background light of the the clock signal,but also suppress the fibre nonlinear crosstalk.     

基于混合光纤放大器的波分复用光纤传输系统研究

在研究了入纤功率、光器件的插入损耗以及非归零码中1码出现的概率对系统误码率影响的基础上,提出了一种基于混合光纤放大器的波分复用(WDM)光纤传输系统设计方案,并对该系统的噪声特性进行了详细地研究。提出了一种抑制前向噪声的有效方法,实现了20路WDM信号320km无误码传输。试验结果对基于混合光纤放大器的波分复用光纤传输系统的设计具有一定的指导意义。     

Performance comparison of wavelength shift keying WDM system and conventional on-off WDM system in presence of four-wave mixing

Performance of wavelength shift keying (WSK) wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) system is analyzed and compared to that of conventional on-off keying (OOK) WDM system in respect of four-wave mixing (FWM) effect. WSK technique employs symmetric wavelength assignment and balanced detection to cancel FWM interference to first order. WSK–WDM outperforms conventional OOK–WDM at all signal levels and permits higher allowable input power, lower power penalty and higher transmission distance for a given bit-error rate of 10⁻⁹. WSK–WDM is also found to be noise resistant.     

光学频率梳非线性传输及其在相位噪声探测中的应用

光纤传递链路中相位噪声探测是基于光纤的精确射频标准传递系统中重要组成部分。为解决光纤链路相位噪声探测中节点反射干扰的问题, 本文基于广义非线性薛定谔方程, 理论上研究了窄带光学频率梳在色散位移光纤中的非线性光学传播特性。在理论分析的基础上, 结合密集波分复用架构, 提出了一种基于锁模光学频率梳进行光纤传递射频信号的相位噪声探测新技术, 克服了节点反射干扰, 给出了初步实验验证。     

Blocking probability analysis of survivable routing in WDM optical networks with/without sparse-wavelength conversion

In this paper, a new algorithm for wavelength assignment has been proposed and its performance is evaluated in terms of blocking probability and fairness. It has been shown that the proposed algorithm offers the least blocking probability. The blocking performance of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network has been analyzed for the network having 10 nodes and for varying loads. As the load per link (in Erlangs) increases, the blocking probability increases. The result shows that the performance of first-fit algorithm is better than random algorithm whereas the proposed algorithm offers the least blocking.     

Performance of All-optical WDM Network in Presence of Four-wave Mixing, Optical Amplifier Noise, and Wavelength Converter Noise

The article investigates the effect of four-wave mixing (FWM), amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, and wavelength converter noise on the performance of WDM all-optical networks. Analysis for the evaluation of probability of error has been carried out (a) when only thermal and shot noise are present; (b) when thermal, shot, FWM, and ASE noise are present; and (c) when thermal, shot, FWM, ASE, and wavelength converter noise are present. Numerical results are presented in the graphical forms for the practical values of parameters.     

Implementation and performance analysis of three dimensional (3D) space/wavelength/time single pulse per plane codes with direct detection

In this paper, we present space/wavelength/time single pulse per plane (SPP) codes with direct detection (SPPDD) and implemented it as two dimensional codes by using W²T scheme. We analyze these codes by varying the number of space channels (S) and keeping other two dimensions, wavelength (W) and time (T) constant and report that it gives better results when (W > S). It is found that the space channels S = 2 and S = 3 provide better BER rate than other space channels and also analyze these 3D codes by using different data modulation formats. It is found that OCDMA system with NRZ data modulation format performs better than RZ.     

Optimal design of 32 channels spectrum slicing WDM for optical fiber access network system

In this article, the spectrum sliced dense wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network (SS-DWDM–PON) has been investigated as a power efficient and cost effective solution for optical access networks. In this work an AWG demultiplexer is used to operate as slicing system. The high speed SS-DWDM system has been realized and investigated for 32 channels with data rate up to 3 Gb/s using broadband ASE source (LED). The 3 Gb/s signals both non-return-to-zero (NRZ) and return-to-zero (RZ) were demonstrated in 40 km optical fiber link with BER < 10⁻¹². The results obtained here demonstrate that SS-DWDM is well suited for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network.     

Effect of four-wave mixing in WDM optical fibre systems

Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) can both significantly enhance transmission capacity and provide more flexibility in optical network design. Through the use of erbium-doped fibre amplifiers (EDFAs), it is possible to build long-distance transparent optical transmission links without electrical regenerators. In such systems, fibre nonlinearities are likely to impose a transmission limit due to increased total interaction length. There are a number of optical nonlinear effects in optical fibres, such as stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), carrier-induced phase modulation and four-wave mixing (FWM). Out of these SRS and FWM are the dominant effects. In this paper, an algorithm has been suggested to study the effect of FWM in the total system noise considering the combined effect of SRS and FWM in the presence of amplified spontaneous noise (ASE). It has been found from the study that to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio of the transmitted signal in a WDM system FWM noise needs to be reduced as this is the dominant noise factor.     

Reconfigurable optical multiplexer based on liquid crystals for polymer optical fiber networks

In this work, different novel 3×1 multiplexer structures for being used in polymer optical fiber networks are proposed. Designs are compact, scalable, and of low consumption, capable of operating in a large wavelength range simultaneously 660, 850, and 1300 nm, due to the use of nematic liquid crystal cells. Light that comes from each input port is handled independently and eight operation modes are possible. Control electronics has been made using a programmable integrated circuit. Electronic system makes available the managing of the optical stage using a computer. An additional four optical sensors have been included for allowing the optical status checking. Finally, a polarization independent multiplexer has been implemented and tested. Insertion losses less than 4 dB and isolation better than 23 dB have been measured. In addition, 30-ms and 15-ms setup and rise times have been obtained. The proposed multiplexer can be used in any polymer optical fiber network, even in perfluorinated graded index one, and it can be specially useful in optical sensor networks, or in coarse wavelength division multiplexing networks.     

单侧耦合16通道100GHz硅基二氧化硅阵列波导光栅的研制

介绍了一种新型单侧耦合16通道、100GHz通道间隔的硅基二氧化硅阵列波导光栅(AWG)。通过增加一个Y分支波导结构,将AWG的输入、输出波导等间距整齐排列,仅用一个光纤阵列(FA)就可以对AWG器件进行耦合封装。这种AWG的结构设计可有效地减小器件尺寸和增加波导结构的弯曲半径,可减少器件的抛光和耦合时间,可降低器件的成本。     

Performance of an optical wideband WDM system considering stimulated Raman scattering,fiber attenuation and chromatic dispersion

The performance of an optical wideband wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) communication system is analyzed considering the effects of stimulated Raman scattering, fiber attenuation and chromatic dispersion. Improved models for the Raman gain and the fiber attenuation constant are proposed, which yield better and reliable performance results of the WDM system. Effect of fiber chromatic dispersion is also investigated and it is observed that dispersion can suitably be selected to overcome the limitations imposed by the stimulated Raman scattering phenomenon.     

WDM系统中ASE噪声的二阶色散效应

讨论了采用小信号分析法研究脉冲波在色散、非线性光纤中的传输时,放大的自发辐射(ASE)噪声作为功率调制项加入脉冲波的传输方程后所产生的效应.ASE噪声不仅被互相位调制不稳定增益所放大,还受二阶色散成分的影响.其传输函数为COS(1/2β2dzω2),这一函数不能通过色散补偿来消除,会削弱ASE噪声的影响.鉴于此,ASE...     

Notes on use of strict optical orthogonal codes to design unequal channel spacing (UCS) frequency sequences for DWDM systems with reduced FWM crosstalk

A paper [E. Mutafungwa et al., Optics Communications 198 (4) (2001) 339] reported the use of strict optical orthogonal codes (S-OOC’s) to reduce the four-wave mixing (FWM) crosstalk in dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) systems by using our S-OOC based unequal channel spacing (UCS) scheme and our special frequency sequences constructed, without referring to the original work. Some mistakes and inaccuracies are identified in the published paper regarding interpretation of S-OOC and its associated UCS scheme, which can cause the confusion of understanding the key concepts and principle about the S-OOC based UCS scheme. As a result, in this paper we present the necessary corrections and notes which deal with the major expressions and key concepts of both S-OOC’s and our proposed scheme. In doing so, the mapping of a S-OOC sequence to the UCS frequency set is appropriately interpreted, and the characteristics of S-OOC based UCS schemes are described. Moreover, the correct evaluation of optical bandwidths is presented for DWDM systems using S-OOC based UCS schemes, and the comparison of the repeated-codeword assignments with the overlapping-codeword assignments is also carried out. Furthermore, we discuss the effect of fractional-slot occupation for frequency assignments on the bandwidth expansion of UCS-DWDM systems. These in turn can lead to correctly understanding the principles of S-OOC based UCS schemes and applying them to assign the UCS frequencies to DWDM systems for the reduction of FWM crosstalk.