• 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