Title :
Characterization of Fiber Nonlinearity and Analysis of Its Impact on Link Capacity Limit of Two-Mode Fibers
Author :
Chen, Xi ; Li, An ; Gao, Guanjun ; Al Amin, Abdullah ; Shieh, William
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
fDate :
4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, we first measure fiber nonlinear Kerr coefficient of a two-mode fiber (TMF) by characterizing the four-wave mixing (FWM) components. Based on the measured nonlinear coefficient, we present an analysis of the link capacity for a two-mode fiber. It is shown that despite strong spatial overlapping of the three modes, the overall capacity approaches three times of that of a single-mode fiber.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; fiber nonlinear Kerr coefficient; four wave mixing component; link capacity limit; optical fiber nonlinearity; two mode fibers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Wavelength measurement; Optical communications; coherent communications; few-mode fibers (FMFs); orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2190501
