OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS B
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Optical communication B is a course in optical systems designed to describe and characterize the signal propagation within a WDM fiber-optic system in the nonlinear regime.
Prerequisites
Suggested pre-requisite: Optical communication A
Course contents summary
The main subject of the course is the signal propagation within an optical fiber in the nonlinear regime. Contents:
Introduction, motivation and state of the art. The nonlinear Schroedinger equation. Propagation in the linear regime: chromatic dispersion. Propagation in the nonlinear regime: self phase modulation. Cross phase modulation. Four wave mixing. Optical wave breaking. Soliton regime.
Raman effect. Noise Parametric gain and modulation instability. Parametric amplifiers.
Project rules for WDM systems.
New modulation formats tolerant to nonlinearities.
Polarization mode dispersion.
Recommended readings
Books:
G. P. Agrawal, 'Nonlinear Fiber Optics', Academic Press
Papers:
O. V. Sinkin, R. Holzlohner, J. Zweck and C. R. Menyuk, 'Optimization of the Split-Step Fourier Method in Modeling Optical Fiber Communications Systems,' J. lightwave Technol., pag. 61-68, Jan. 2003.
L. Wang and K. Petermann, 'Small signal analysis for dispersive optical fiber communication systems', J. lightwave Technol., pag. 96-100, Jan.1992.
D. Anderson, M. Desaix, M. Lisak and M. L. Q. Texeiro, 'Wave Breaking in nonlinear-optical fibers', J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, vol. 9, pag.1358-1361, Aug. 1992
D. Anderson, M. Desaix, M. Karlsson, M. Lisak and M. L. Q. Texeiro, 'Wave-breaking-free pulses in nonlinear-optical fibers', J. Opt. Soc.Am. B, vol. 10, pag. 1185-1190, July 1993
A. Bononi, C. Francia and G. Bellotti, 'Impulse response of cross-phase modulation filters in multi-span transmission systems with dispersion compensation', Optical fiber technol., pag. 371-383, vol. 4, 1998
J. Hansryd, P. A. Andrekson, M. Westlund, J. Lie and P.Hedekvist, 'Fiber-Based Optical Parametric Amplifiers and their Applications', IEEE J. Quantum. Electron., vol. 8, pag. 506-520,may/june 2002
C. J. McKinstrie, S. Radic and A. R. Chraplyvy, 'Parametric amplifiers driven by two Pump waves', IEEE J. Quantum. Electron., vol. 8, pag.538-547, may/june 2002
P. Kylemark, P. O. Hedekvist, H. Sunnerud, M. Karlsson and P. A.Andrekson, 'Noise characteristics of Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers', J. lightwave
technol., vol. 22, pag. 409-416, Feb. 2004
