Interchannel nonlinear crosstalk in analog polarization modulated WDM systems

Author

Campillo, Anthony L.

Author_Institution

U.S. Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1186

Lastpage

1193

Abstract

Crosstalk in an analog polarization modulation (PolM) system is studied analytically and experimentally. It is shown capable of producing dramatically lower crosstalk levels than intensity modulation (IM) at higher modulation frequencies (greater than 1 GHz) for a system with 200 GHz channel spacing. Calculations based on the developed analytical model show excellent agreement with experimental results and allow us to determine the necessary launch conditions for low-crosstalk transmission in a polarization modulation link

Keywords

channel spacing; intensity modulation; nonlinear optics; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; analog polarization modulation systems; channel spacing; intensity modulation; interchannel crosstalk; low-crosstalk transmission; nonlinear crosstalk; polarization modulation link; Analytical models; Channel spacing; Crosstalk; Delta modulation; Frequency modulation; Intensity modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing; Crosstalk; nonlinear optics; polarization modulation (PolM); polarization shift keying (PolSK); wavelength division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.863325

Filename

1605320