• DocumentCode
    779240
  • Title

    Compensating the compensator: a demonstration of nonlinearity cancellation in a WDM system

  • Author

    Gnauck, A.H. ; Jopson, R.M. ; Derosier, R.M.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    582
  • Lastpage
    584
  • Abstract
    Spectral inversion was used in a three-channel WDM system to reduce an infinite four-photon-mixing penalty to 1.5 dB. This reduction was made possible by compensation of phase-conjugator-induced distortions of the signal.<>
  • Keywords
    compensation; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; optical phase conjugation; wavelength division multiplexing; compensation; infinite four-photon-mixing penalty; nonlinearity cancellation; optical fibre transmission system; phase-conjugator-induced distortions; spectral inversion; three-channel WDM system; Band pass filters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.384551
  • Filename
    384551