Schrödinger equation with a spatially and temporally random potential: Effects of cross-phase modulation in optical communication

Green, A. G., Littlewood, P. B., Mitra, P. P., Wegener, L. G. L. (2002) Schrödinger equation with a spatially and temporally random potential: Effects of cross-phase modulation in optical communication. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 66 (4). 046627/1-046627/12. ISSN 15393755 (ISSN)

URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12443369
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.046627

Abstract

We model the effects of cross-phase modulation in frequency (or wavelength) division multiplexed optical communications systems, using a Schrödinger equation with a spatially and temporally random potential. Green's functions for the propagation of light in this system are calculated using Feynman path-integral and diagrammatic techniques. This propagation leads to a non-Gaussian joint distribution of the input and output optical fields. We use these results to determine the amplitude and timing jitter of a signal pulse and to estimate the system capacity in analog communication. © 2002 The American Physical Society.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: Green's function Information theory Integral equations Optical communication Optical fibers Optical Kerr effect Phase modulation Solitons Spontaneous emission Wavelength division multiplexing Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise Cross-phase modulation Schrödinger equation Signal pulses Nonlinear equations article
Subjects: physics > fiber optic communications
physics
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Communities: CSHL labs > Mitra lab
Depositing User: CSHL Librarian
Date: 2002
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2012 18:48
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2017 20:21
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/25836

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