Title :
Investigation of cross-phase modulation limitations on 10 Gbit/s transmission over various types of fiber infrastructures
Author :
Bigo, S. ; Bellotti, G. ; Chbat, M.W.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
We measure the impact of cross phase modulation (XPM) on the transmission performance of a 2/spl times/2 Gbit/s multiplex. In contrast to the other investigated fiber schemes, dispersion-compensated SMF is virtually not affected by XPM down to 50-GHz channel spacing.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; 10 Gbit/s; channel spacing; cross-phase modulation; data transmission; dispersion compensated SMF; group velocity dispersion; optical fiber communication; wavelength division multiplexing; Chirp modulation; Intensity modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Phase modulation; Pump lasers; Scanning probe microscopy; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768057
