Four-wave mixing in multispan dispersion-managed transmission links

Author

Golovchenko, Ekaterina A. ; Bergano, Neal S. ; Davidson, Carl R.

Author_Institution

Tyco Submarine Syst. Ltd. Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

10

Issue

10

fYear

1998

Firstpage

1481

Lastpage

1483

Abstract

We report the first experimental measurement of resonances in four-wave mixing (FWM) fields caused by lumped amplification in wavelength-division-multiplexed systems. Our numerical model allows us to predict the FWM characteristics in great detail. We also show that the FWM is reduced by more than 20 dB when two channels are launched with orthogonal polarizations.

Keywords

fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; resonance; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA; FWM characteristics prediction; WDM; experimental measurement; four-wave mixing; four-wave mixing fields; lumped amplification; multispan dispersion-managed transmission links; numerical model; orthogonal polarizations; resonances; wavelength-division-multiplexed systems; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Power generation; Resonance; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.720301

Filename

720301