DocumentCode
1428026
Title
Method of compensating cross phase modulation in 10 Gbit/s WDM systems over nonzero dispersion shifted fibre
Author
Saunders, R.A. ; Robinson, A. ; Garthe, D. ; Hui, R. ; O´Sullivan, M.
Author_Institution
Nortel, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Volume
34
Issue
18
fYear
1998
fDate
9/3/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1767
Lastpage
1769
Abstract
A novel technique for compensating crosstalk in wavelength division multiplexed systems due to cross phase modulation is demonstrated experimentally, using phase prechirp of an interfering channel. Residual crosstalk levels as low as 10% of the uncompensated value are obtained
Keywords
chirp modulation; compensation; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM system; cross phase modulation; crosstalk compensation; interfering channel; nonzero dispersion shifted fibre; phase prechirp; wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19980068
Filename
715378
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