Title :
Cancellation of four-wave mixing in multichannel fibre transmission by midway optical phase conjugation
Author :
Watanabe, S. ; Chikama, T.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Syst. Lab. Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
fDate :
7/7/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The cancellation of waves generated by four-wave mixing (FWM) in multichannel optical fibre transmission is demonstrated using midway optical phase conjugation. An FWM reduction ratio of -10.6 dB is achieved in an experimental three-channel transmission experiment along a 40 km dispersion-shifted fibre
Keywords :
crosstalk; interference suppression; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical links; optical phase conjugation; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 km; WDM transmission; crosstalk cancellation; dispersion-shifted fibre; four-wave mixing cancellation; midway optical phase conjugation; multichannel fibre transmission; three-channel transmission experiment;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19940752