Mitigation of nonlinear interference noise introduced by cross-phase modulation in the dual-polarization 16 QAM wavelength-division multiplexing coherent optical system

Bo Zhang, Bo Liu*, Lijia Zhang, Xiangjun Xin, Ru Zhang, Qi Zhang, Feng Tian, Yongjun Wang, Qinghua Tian, Lan Rao, Yuhan Guo

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Abstract

A complex adaptive equalizer using a least-mean-square (LMS) algorithm is proposed to mitigate the effect of nonlinear interference induced by cross-phase modulation in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) coherent optical systems. We show the effect of nonlinear interference is equivalent to slow time-varying intersymbol interference. Simulations of dual-polarization 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) WDM systems are conducted to test the effectiveness of our proposed compensation method. The consequences show that significant improvement in system performance can be achieved by using the adaptive LMS equalization method.

Original languageEnglish
Article number056109
JournalOptical Engineering
Volume56
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • adaptive least-mean-square equalization
  • cross-phase modulation
  • nonlinear interference
  • wavelength-division multiplexing

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