DocumentCode
1079307
Title
Rayleigh backscattering of four-wave mixing in bidirectional optical communication systems
Author
Boot, Andre J. ; Van Deventer, M. Oskar
Author_Institution
KPN Res., R. PTT Nederland N.V., Leidschendam, Netherlands
Volume
8
Issue
1
fYear
1996
Firstpage
142
Lastpage
144
Abstract
The Rayleigh backscatter properties of four-wave-mix light (FWM) are theoretically and experimentally investigated for the first time. The experimental results agree well with the theoretical predictions. It was found that the Rayleigh backscattering of FWM light may cause severe crosstalk problems in bidirectional multichannel systems.
Keywords
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; light scattering; multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre theory; Rayleigh backscattering; bidirectional multichannel systems; bidirectional optical communication systems; crosstalk problems; four-wave mixing; four-wave-mix light; Backscatter; Bandwidth; Channel allocation; Crosstalk; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.475806
Filename
475806
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