Impact of four-wave-mixing in polarisation multiplexed 12.5 GHz channel spacing WDM systems

Author

Bjornstad, Steinar ; Nord, Martin ; Hanssen, Geir ; Slagsvold, Bjorn ; Hjelme, Dag Roar

Author_Institution

Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

285

Abstract

The impact of four-wave-mixing (FWM) induced crosstalk in medium haul WDM systems with 12.5 GHz channel spacing is investigated. Adjacent channel polarisation and channel powers are varied. By using an orthogonal polarisation scheme, FWM efficiency is significantly reduced. Differential Group Delay (DGD) has no significant impact on FWM efficiency in the investigated polarisation multiplexed system

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 12.5 GHz channel spacing; 2.5 Gbit/s; FWM efficiency; adjacent channel polarisation; channel powers; differential group delay; four-wave-mixing induced crosstalk; medium haul WDM systems; metropolitan networks; orthogonal polarisation scheme; polarisation multiplexed WDM systems; Biomedical optical imaging; Channel spacing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber polarization; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969286

Filename

969286