Title :
Four-wave mixing of spectrum-sliced fiber amplifier light source in a dispersion-shifted fiber
Author :
Jang, Y.S. ; Chung, Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
Four-wave mixing (FWM) is one of the most important nonlinear processes that may limit the capacity of wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) systems. The impact of the FWM in a system using coherent light sources such as lasers has been studied extensively. Recently, we proposed a spectrum-sliced fiber amplifier light source for the use in WDM systems. Unlike the laser sources, these potentially inexpensive WDM sources are incoherent and broadband. In this paper, we report the FWM of incoherent light sources, to our knowledge, for the first time. The results are compared with coherent laser sources
Keywords :
fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; amplified spontaneous emission; degeneracy factor; dispersion-shifted fiber; four-wave mixing; incoherent light sources; spectrum-sliced fiber amplifier light source; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Light sources; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Signal generators; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719704
