Title :
Nonlinear inter-channel cross talk of linear optical amplifier (LOA) in DWDM applications
Author :
Awaji, Y. ; Inoue, J. ; Sotobayashi, H. ; Kubota, F. ; Ozeki, T.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We investigated the third order nonlinear effect of linear optical amplifier (LOA) under the condition of amplification of 8ch* 10 Gb/s WDM signals. We observed the remarkable inter-channel cross talk caused by FWM in the saturated region.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; FWM; linear optical amplifier; nonlinear inter-channel cross talk; signal amplification; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248326
