The number of four-wave mixing (FWM) waves in WDM systems and its applications

Author

Song, Shuxian

Author_Institution

Lightwave Syst., CIENA Corp., Linthicum, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

283

Abstract

Explicit formulas are derived for the number of four-wave mixing (FWM) waves that fall onto each signal channel in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) systems. These formulas indicate that the maximum number of FWM products on one channel in a WDM system has quadratic dependence on the number of channels. FWM crosstalk in WDM systems can be estimated by using these formulas in combining with other system parameters. They also provide a fast way to perform conversions on number of channels (or capacity) among different bit rates, such as 2.5, 10 and 40 Gbit/s, for given optical bandwidths of optical amplifiers

Keywords

channel capacity; multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; FWM crosstalk; WDM systems; channel capacity; four-wave mixing waves; optical amplifier bandwidth; overlapping FWM waves; quadratic dependence; signal channel; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Channel capacity; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical mixing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969285

Filename

969285