Effect of Optical Channel Impairments on Measured Jitter at 10Gbps

This talk will review jitter and how it may affect the performance of optical communications systems. This will include discussion of important jitter parameters, sources of jitter, and test methods used to measure jitter in optical networks. Measurements of various jitter scenarios on OC-192 transmission will be presented, and the impact of optical signal impairments on OC-192 performance will be shown. Finally, the relationships between optical signal impairments, observed jitter, and 10GbE stressed-eye tests will be discussed.