Title :
Crosstalk and Distortion caused by Four-Wave Mixing in a Subcarrier-Multiplexed WDM Lightwave Link
Author :
Phillips, M.R. ; Kuang-Yi Wu ; Villarruel, F.X.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst., Inc., Billerica, MA, USA
Abstract :
Four-wave mixing in a two-channel WDM system operating near the fiber dispersion zero is found to cause crosstalk and distortion of subcarrier-multiplexed signals. We model the effect and find good agreement with measured data.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; wavelength division multiplexing; crosstalk; distortion; fiber dispersion zero; four-wave mixing; nonlinear optics; radiofrequency photonics; subcarrier-multiplexed WDM lightwave link; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528110
