DocumentCode
421211
Title
Polarization dependent gain due to signal-signal Raman interaction: can fiber PMD be too low?
Author
Zhou, Xiang ; Magil, P.
Author_Institution
AT&T Labs.-Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
23-27 Feb. 2004
Firstpage
650
Lastpage
2652
Abstract
Polarization dependent gain (PDG) due to signal-signal Raman interaction (SSRI) has been investigated for the first time. We found that PDG can be more than 0.4 dB/span for an 80-channel C-band WDM system when the fiber PMD is lower than 0.04 ps/km/sup 1/2/.
Keywords
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; stimulated Raman scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; C-band WDM; fiber PMD; polarization dependent gain; signal-signal Raman interaction;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-772-5
Type
conf
Filename
1359607
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