Title :
Impact of nonlinear crosstalk on optical PMD compensation
Author :
Lee, J.H. ; Park, K.J. ; Kim, C.H. ; Chung, Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., South Korea
Abstract :
We have investigated the effects of nonlinear crosstalk on the polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) compensation in WDM systems. The results show that the first-order PMD compensation could degrade the performances of WDM systems due to the optical Kerr effect/DGD crosstalk.
Keywords :
compensation; optical Kerr effect; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; OKE-DGD crosstalk; WDM systems; first-order PMD compensation; nonlinear crosstalk; optical Kerr effect; optical PMD compensation; polarisation mode dispersion compensation; Birefringence; Design optimization; Equations; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber theory;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036477
