• 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