Cross-phase modulation distortion measurements in multispan WDM systems

Author

Shtaif, Mark ; Eiselt, Michael ; Garrett, Lara D.

Author_Institution

AT&T Labs. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2000

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

90

Abstract

We present an experimental study of cross phase modulation crosstalk in wavelength-division-multiplexed systems. Measurements were performed with single and multiple spans of conventional single-mode and nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber. We show that the magnitude of cross phase modulation induced crosstalk is linearly proportional to the powers of the interfering channels and inversely proportional to their wavelength separation. This is consistent with previously obtained theoretical results.

Keywords

optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; channel interference; cross-phase modulation distortion; crosstalk; dispersion-shifted fiber; multispan WDM system; optical communication; Distortion measurement; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Interference; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical scattering; Phase modulation; Probes; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.817503

Filename

817503