• DocumentCode
    1793403
  • Title

    Effect of random linear mode coupling on intermodal four-wave mixing in few-mode fibers

  • Author

    Yuzhe Xiao ; Mumtaz, Sami ; Essiambre, R.-J. ; Agrawal, Govind P.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We study numerically intermodal four-wave mixing (IM-FWM) in few-mode fibers including both birefringence fluctuations and random linear coupling. We find that linear mode coupling reduces idler power by 3.5 dB for non-degenerate IM-FWM.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; birefringence fluctuations; few-mode fibers; intermodal four-wave mixing; nondegenerate IM-FWM; power reduction; random linear mode coupling effect; Bandwidth; Couplings; Frequency conversion; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Numerical simulation; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.M3F.5
  • Filename
    6886606