Suppression of XPM Penalty on 40-Gb/s DQPSK Resulting from 10-Gb/s OOK Channels by Dispersion Management

24 February 2008

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We analytically study the cross-phase-modulation (XPM) impact on 40-Gb/s DQPSK from 10-Gb/s OOK channels, revealing its dependence on dispersion map and channel plan, and showing the suppression of the XPM-induced penalty via proper dispersion management.