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
fDate :
9/3/1998 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980068
