Title :
Experimental XPM, SPM, FWM penalty evaluation in very dense WDM optical systems
Author :
Paradiso, Livio ; Boffi, Pierpaolo ; Marazzi, Lucia ; Vecchia, Nicola Dalla ; Artiglia, M. ; Martinelli, Mario
Author_Institution :
CoreCom, Milano, Italy
Abstract :
Experimental SPM, FWM and XPM contributions are separately measured. Evaluation of Q penalties is performed on a 2000-km, 33-GHz, 66-GHz and 100-GHz-spaced DWDM system. XPM is found to be the major constrain.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; self-phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 GHz; 2000 km; 33 GHz; 66 GHz; FWM; Q penalty; cross-phase modulation; dense WDM optical system; four wave mixing; penalty evaluation; self-phase modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Scanning probe microscopy; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202118
