Computation of bit error ratios for a dense WDM system using the noise covariance matrix and multicanonical Monte Carlo methods

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1644-1646

  Pellegrini, Walter ^a   Zweck, John ^b   Menyuk, Curtis R ^c   Holzlöhner, Ronald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c Baltimore County   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Monte Carlo methods; Optical fiber communication; Optical Kerr effect

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIER NOISE; BIT ERROR RATIO; NOISE COVARIANCE MATRIX; RETURN-TO-ZERO TRANSMISSION;

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 23844463111     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.851946     Document Type: Article

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