ON TIMING JITTER IN WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXED SOLITON SYSTEMS

Collision-induced timing shifts in a wavelength-division multiplexed s oliton system are computed when damping, amplification, filtering and positive dispersion management following the loss profile are included . A statistical analysis is presented which takes into account the res ulting effect of the large number of collisions occurring in the fiber . Analytic expressions are derived for the root mean square timing jit ter and the maximum length of error-free transmission with an arbitrar y number of channels. An extensive analysis of system performance corr esponding to situations with and without filters and/or dispersion man agement is carried out. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights rese rved.