Title :
Effect of random linear mode coupling on intermodal four-wave mixing in few-mode fibers
Author :
Yuzhe Xiao ; Mumtaz, Sami ; Essiambre, R.-J. ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
We study numerically intermodal four-wave mixing (IM-FWM) in few-mode fibers including both birefringence fluctuations and random linear coupling. We find that linear mode coupling reduces idler power by 3.5 dB for non-degenerate IM-FWM.
Keywords :
birefringence; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; birefringence fluctuations; few-mode fibers; intermodal four-wave mixing; nondegenerate IM-FWM; power reduction; random linear mode coupling effect; Bandwidth; Couplings; Frequency conversion; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Numerical simulation; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M3F.5
