Abstract

Due to the combined effects of fiber nonlinearities, EDFA repeater noise, short pulse duration required for soliton systems and long-distance transmission, random phase fluctuations in the soliton carrier frequency lead to time jitter at the receiver side.^1,5 Combining the simulation of such a situation with a newly developed moment generating function (MGF) for the decision current, the bit-error rate of direct-detection receivers affected by signal jitter was estimated.

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