Title :
Channel cross talk in wavelength multiplexed subcarrier systems due to Kerr shutter fiber nonlinearity
Author :
Wang, Zixiong ; Ho, Seng-Tiong
Author_Institution :
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
fDate :
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Recent experiments showed that there exists severe channel cross talk in 1.3 μm wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) subcarrier-multiplexed (SCM) CATV systems with 16-nm channel spacing. We measured channel cross talk for 2-16-nm channel spacings in 1.5-μm WDM SCM systems using erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). The cross talk at channel spacings is explained by the Kerr-shutter effect.
Keywords :
cable television; fibre lasers; nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical crosstalk; subcarrier multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; μm WDM SCM CATV systems; 1.3 mum; 1.5 mum; Kerr shutter fiber nonlinearity; Kerr-shutter effect; channel cross talk; cross talk; erbium doped fiber amplifiers; subcarrier-multiplexed; wavelength multiplexed subcarrier systems; wavelength-division multiplexed; Channel spacing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-422-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1996.907625
