Title :
Effects of nonlinear crosstalk in 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., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We report on the effects of nonlinear crosstalk on the optical polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensation in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) systems. An analytical model is presented to describe the effect of nonlinear crosstalk on the first-order PMD compensation. We also experimentally show that the performance of WDM systems could be degraded by nonlinear birefringence, even when the first-order PMD is completely compensated.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical crosstalk; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; analytical model; first-order PMD compensation; nonlinear birefringence; nonlinear crosstalk; optical PMD compensation; optical polarization-mode dispersion; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Probes; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.1021976
