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
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
