DocumentCode
1150086
Title
Four wave mixing in distributed erbium-doped fibre amplifier
Author
Spirit, D.M. ; Walker, Geoffrey R. ; Chidgey, P.J. ; Bryant, E.G. ; Williams, D.L.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Lab., Ipswich, UK
Volume
28
Issue
9
fYear
1992
fDate
4/23/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
875
Lastpage
876
Abstract
The first observation of four-wave mixing in a distributed erbium-doped fibre amplifier is reported. Optical pumping of a 16 km length of fibre to achieve lossless transmission sustains the nonlinear interaction at an almost constant level, making optimum use of the long interaction length available in fibre waveguides. BER data on the effects of four-wave mixing in a multichannel coherent transmission system are reported.
Keywords
erbium; error statistics; fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; 16 km; BER data; Er doped fibre; bit error rate; distributed type; fibre amplifier; four-wave mixing; lossless transmission; multichannel coherent transmission system; nonlinear interaction; nonlinear optics; optical fibres;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19920552
Filename
135147
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