Four-wave mixing in amplified WDM system with anomalous dispersion fibers

Author

Zhu, B. ; Hui, R. ; Allen, C. ; Demarest, K. ; Wang, Y.

Author_Institution

Inf. & Telecommun. Technol. Lab., Kansas Univ., Lawrence, KS, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

435

Abstract

Summary form only given. The effect of four wave mixing (FWM) on wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) optical fiber systems has long been studied, as it causes crosstalk and degrades system performance. It is known that FWM efficiency depends on the optical signal powers and the phase matching condition between different signal channels traveling along the fiber. In this paper, we report that FWM efficiency can be significantly enhanced by modulation instability (MI) in amplified optical systems with anomalous dispersions. The experimental result is verified by a numerical simulation. This effect has to be taken into account in WDM system designs.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; amplified WDM system; amplified optical systems; anomalous dispersion fibers; anomalous dispersions; four-wave mixing; modulation instability; optical fiber systems; phase matching condition; wavelength-division multiplexing; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834412

Filename

834412