Reducing Adjacent Channel Interference in RZ WDM Systems via Dispersion Interleaving

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 915-917

  Khurgin, Jacob B ^a   Xu, Shuangmei ^a   Boroditsky, Misha ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Interchannel interference; Optical crosstalk; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMULTIPLEXING; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC FILTERS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLARIZATION; PULSE MODULATION; SHOT NOISE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNCHRONIZATION; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

INTERCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL CROSSTALKS; SIGNAL CHANNELS;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 1642633809     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823729     Document Type: Article

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