Influence of FWM dynamics on modulational instability in dispersion shifted fibers

Author

Abbade, M.L.F. ; Fonseca, I.E. ; Moschim, E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

171

Abstract

In this work we analyze the relationship between four-wave mixing (FWM) and modulational instability (MI), using numerical simulations. We consider two channels propagating through a dispersion shifted monomode fiber. Our results suggest that FWM dynamics interfere on MI process, shifting its maximum frequency gain. This relation may affect highly nonlinear fibers, which are being proposed to perform wavelength conversion in all-optical networks.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; FWM dynamics; all-optical networks; dispersion shifted fibers; four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear fibers; maximum frequency gain; modulational instability; monomode fiber; numerical simulations; wavelength conversion; Channel spacing; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical wavelength conversion; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2001. IMOC 2001.Proceedings of the 2001 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7065-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBMOMO.2001.1008744

Filename

1008744