Learning objectives
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<br />
Course unit content
<br />The main subject of the course is the signal propagation within an optical fiber in the nonlinear regime. Contents:<br />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.<br />Raman effect. Noise Parametric gain and modulation instability. Parametric amplifiers.<br />Project rules for WDM systems.<br />New modulation formats tolerant to nonlinearities.<br />Polarization mode dispersion.<br /><br /><br />
Bibliography
Books:<br />G. P. Agrawal, 'Nonlinear Fiber Optics', Academic Press<br /><br />Papers:<br /><br />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.<br /><br />L. Wang and K. Petermann, 'Small signal analysis for dispersive optical fiber communication systems', J. lightwave Technol., pag. 96-100, Jan.1992.<br /><br />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<br /><br />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<br /><br />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<br /><br />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<br /><br />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<br /><br />P. Kylemark, P. O. Hedekvist, H. Sunnerud, M. Karlsson and P. A.Andrekson, 'Noise characteristics of Fiber Optical Parametric Amplifiers', J. lightwave<br />technol., vol. 22, pag. 409-416, Feb. 2004<br /><br />
