• DocumentCode
    2408525
  • Title

    Four-wave mixing in EDFAs

  • Author

    Liu, Y. ; Burtsev, S. ; Hegarty, S. ; Mozdy, R. ; Hempstead, M. ; Smart, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., NY, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    111
  • Abstract
    We study FWM in C- and L-band EDFAs. We observe that FWM efficiency is determined by fiber length and channel spacing. We show that FWM from EDFAs exceeds that from non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber in DWDM system.
  • Keywords
    erbium; multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; optical fiber amplifiers; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; C-band EDFA; DWDM system; FWM efficiency; FWM penalties; L-band EDFA; NRZ format; channel spacing; crosstalk level; fiber length; four-wave mixing; non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber; Channel spacing; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Four-wave mixing; L-band; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Phase modulation; Power generation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.868256
  • Filename
    868256