Title :
Power limitations induced by cross phase modulation in WDM 4/spl times/2.5 Gbit/s transmission over pure silica core fibre with in-line amplifiers
Author :
Brandon, E. ; Blondel, J.-P.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Submarine Networks, Nozay, France
Abstract :
Power limitations induced by cascading amplifiers in a 4/spl times/2.5 Gbit/s system are experimentally investigated. We show that, in WDM systems, the cross phase modulation does not accumulate as the self phase modulation in single channel systems.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; WDM Gbit/s transmission; WDM systems; cascading amplifiers; cross phase modulation; in-line amplifiers; power limitations; pure silica core fibre; self phase modulation; single channel systems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
