Title :
Signal-signal crosstalk measurements in a PPLN-PPLN PSA with narrow channel spacing
Author :
Puttnam, B.J. ; Szabo, Aron ; Mazroa, D. ; Shinada, S. ; Wada, N.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Comms. Tech. (NICT), Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We investigate inter-channel interference as a function of channel-spacing for PSAs constructed from PPLN waveguides. We use 9*50GHz spaced input channels and show that the second order non-linearity can be advantageous for multi-channel PSA applications.
Keywords :
adjacent channel interference; channel spacing; lithium compounds; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical waveguides; phase shift keying; BPSK; LiNbO3; PPLN waveguides; PPLN-PPLN PSA; frequency 450 GHz; frequency 50 GHz; interchannel interference; narrow channel spacing; phase-sensitive amplifiers; second order nonlinearity; signal-signal crosstalk measurements; Channel spacing; Crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276374