• DocumentCode
    2928378
  • Title

    Reduction of nonlinear crosstalk in fiber OPAs

  • Author

    Wong, Kenneth K Y ; Kuo, Bill P P ; Lu, Guo-Wei ; Chui, P.C. ; Chen, Lian-Kuan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-16 Jan. 2008
  • Firstpage
    51
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    We review different techniques to suppress nonlinear crosstalk due to four-wave mixing (FWM) and cross-gain modulation (XGM) experienced after fiber OPA in WDM system. These techniques should help design high-performance OPAs for use in WDM communication systems.
  • Keywords
    multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM system; cross-gain modulation; fiber optical parametric amplifiers; four-wave mixing; nonlinear crosstalks; Bit error rate; Crosstalk; Degradation; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Modulation; Nonlinear distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1594-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1595-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444394
  • Filename
    4444394