Cancellation of all Kerr nonlinearities in long fiber spans using a LiNbO/sub 3/ phase conjugator and Raman amplification

Author

Brener, I. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Rottwitt, K. ; Burkett, W. ; Raybon, G. ; Stark, J.B. ; Parameswaran, K. ; Chou, M.H. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Chaban, E.E. ; Harel, R. ; Philen, D.L. ; Kosinski, A.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

7-10 March 2000

Firstpage

266

Abstract

A LiNbO/sub 3/ phase-conjugator and Raman pumping in fiber are used in order to cancel all Kerr nonlinearities in long fiber spans. We demonstrate this effect in single and multichannel transmission at 10, 40, and 100 Gb/s.

Keywords

Raman lasers; lithium compounds; multiwave mixing; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical materials; optical phase conjugation; self-phase modulation; 10 Gbit/s; 100 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; LiNbO/sub 3/; LiNbO/sub 3/ phase conjugator; LiNbO/sub 3/ phase-conjugator; Raman amplification; Raman pumping; all Kerr nonlinearities cancellation; long fiber spans; multichannel transmission; single channel transmission; Absorption; Dispersion; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Phase modulation; Power distribution; Scanning probe microscopy; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-630-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2000.869479

Filename

869479