Theory of stimulated Raman scattering cancellation in wavelength-division-multiplexed systems via spectral inversion

Author

Grandpierre, Alexandra G. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Toulouse, Jean

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

10

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1271

Lastpage

1273

Abstract

By exploiting the reflection symmetry of the underlying evolution equations, we theoretically demonstrate that stimulated Raman scattering crosstalk in continuous-wave wavelength-division-multiplexed systems can be totally eliminated using spectral inversion techniques. We show that this result is always true, irrespective of the shape of the Raman gain curve or the loss/gain profile along the optical fiber system. These results are illustrated by means of relevant examples.

Keywords

optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; stimulated Raman scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; Raman gain curve; SRS; continuous-wave wavelength-division-multiplexed systems; loss/gain profile; optical fiber system; reflection symmetry; spectral inversion; spectral inversion techniques; stimulated Raman scattering cancellation theory; stimulated Raman scattering crosstalk; underlying evolution equations; wavelength-division-multiplexed systems; Crosstalk; Equations; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Raman scattering; Shape; Silicon compounds; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.789714

Filename

789714