Title :
Impact of PMD on FWM crosstalk in WDM systems
Author :
Sunnerud, H. ; Hansryd, Jonas ; Andrekson, P.A. ; Karlsson, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
The impact of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) on four-wave mixing crosstalk in wavelength division multiplexed fiber systems is quantified experimentally. The benefit of using polarization-multiplexed channels for suppression of crosstalk is reduced for links with even modest PMD.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fiber communication; optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber polarization; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; FWM crosstalk; PMD; WDM systems; four-wave mixing crosstalk; optical crosstalk suppression; polarization-mode dispersion; polarization-multiplexed channels; wavelength division multiplexed fiber systems; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Crosstalk; Decorrelation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical polarization; Power measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868514
