Title :
Optical power limits in multi-channel wavelength-division-multiplexed systems due to stimulated Raman scattering
Author_Institution :
Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
Abstract :
General expressions are derived to estimate transmitter power limitations due to stimulated Raman scattering in wavelength-division-multiplexed optical communication systems. These results are applicable to systems containing an arbitrary number of channels with arbitrary (but equal) channel separation.
Keywords :
frequency division multiplexing; optical fibres; optical links; stimulated Raman scattering; channel separation; multichannel systems; stimulated Raman scattering; transmitter power limitations; wavelength-division-multiplexed optical communication systems;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840040