The effect of four-wave mixing in fibers on optical frequency-division multiplexed systems

Author

Maeda, Mari W. ; Sessa, William B. ; Way, Winston Ingshih ; Yi-Yan, A. ; Curtis, Lyn ; Spicer, R. ; Laming, R.I.

Author_Institution

Bell Commun. Res. Inc., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

8

Issue

9

fYear

1990

fDate

9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1402

Lastpage

1408

Abstract

The limiting effects of four-wave mixing on optical frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems are described. The optical nonlinearity in a single-mode fiber imposes a fundamental limitation on the capacity of optical frequency-division multiplexed systems. In particular, four-wave mixing (FWM) crosstalk may severely degrade the system performance when the fiber input powers are large and/or the channel spacing is too small. Theoretical and experimental results of the effects of FWM in OFDM systems are presented. The theoretical results demonstrate the dependence of FWM on various system parameters. An analysis of FWM in both undirectional and bidirectional transmission systems is included. The receiver sensitivity degradation from FWM crosstalk is measured in a 16-channel coherent system

Keywords

crosstalk; frequency division multiplexing; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; bidirectional transmission systems; capacity; channel spacing; coherent system; four wave mixing crosstalk; optical frequency-division multiplexed systems; optical nonlinearity; receiver sensitivity degradation; single-mode fiber; system parameters; system performance; unidirectional transmission systems; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency division multiplexing; OFDM; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical sensors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.59171

Filename

59171