DocumentCode
2301325
Title
Direct measurement of nonlinear WDM crosstalk using coherent optical detection
Author
Reimer, M. ; Borowiec, A. ; Tang, X. ; Laperle, C. ; O´Sullivan, M.
Author_Institution
Ciena Corp., Ottawa, ON, Canada
fYear
2012
fDate
23-27 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
322
Lastpage
323
Abstract
We present a direct measurement of the inter-channel Kerr effect on the optical field of a continuous-wave probe affected by an on-off-keyed 10 Gb/s pump. Measurements are used to verify predictions of the Manakov-PMD equation.
Keywords
optical Kerr effect; wavelength division multiplexing; Manakov-PMD equation; coherent optical detection; continuous-wave probe; direct measurement; interchannel Kerr effect; nonlinear WDM crosstalk; on-off-keyed pump; optical field; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical variables measurement; Coherent detection; Polarization; XPM; XPolM;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0731-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358622
Filename
6358622
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