DocumentCode
338785
Title
Measurements of cross-phase modulation induced crosstalk in an L-band EDFA
Author
Eiselt, M. ; Shtaif, M. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Flood, F.A. ; Ten, S. ; Butler, D.L.
Author_Institution
AT&T Labs. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Volume
3
fYear
1999
fDate
21-26 Feb. 1999
Firstpage
34
Abstract
We measure the cross talk due to cross phase modulation in an L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). The effect is larger than the one seen in C-band amplifiers and becomes the dominant effect in some wavelength-division multiplexing systems.
Keywords
erbium; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; C-band amplifiers; L-band EDFA; L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier; WDM; cross-phase modulation induced crosstalk measurement; wavelength-division multiplexing systems; Crosstalk; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Intensity modulation; Interference; L-band; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Probes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-582-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.1999.768055
Filename
768055
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