Intensity-dependent phase-matching effects on four-wave mixing in optical fibers

Author

Song, Shuxian ; Allen, Christopher T. ; Demarest, Kenneth R. ; Hui, Rongqing

Author_Institution

Telecommun. & Inf. Sci. Lab., Kansas Univ., Lawrence, KS, USA

Volume

17

Issue

11

fYear

1999

fDate

11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2285

Lastpage

2290

Abstract

A new phase-matching factor is derived for four-wave mixing (FWM) that includes the effects of self-phase and cross-phase modulation in optical fibers. Theoretical results predict that the wavelength of peak FWM efficiency shifts away from the fiber zero-dispersion wavelength and indicate that the conventional phase-matching factor may induce significant errors in FWM calculations. Experiments are presented to verify the new phase-matching factor and the related theoretical results. The measured results agree well with those predicted by the new phase-matching factor

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical phase matching; self-phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical fiber communication; cross-phase modulation; four-wave mixing; intensity-dependent phase-matching effects; optical fibers; peak FWM efficiency wavelength; phase-matching factor; self-phase modulation; Channel spacing; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Intensity modulation; Laboratories; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical frequency conversion; Phase modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.803021

Filename

803021