The effect of four-wave mixing in fibers on optical frequency-division multiplexed systems
The effect of four-wave mixing in fibers on optical frequency-division multiplexed systems
The optical nonlinearity in a single-mode fiber imposes a fundamental limitation on the capacity of optical frequency-division multiplexed (OFDM) systems. In particular, four-wave mixing (FWM) crosstalk may severely degrade the system performance when the fiber input powers are large and/or the channel spacing is too small. Theoretical and experimental results of the effects of FWM in OFDM systems are presented The theoretical results demonstrate the dependence of FWM on various systems parameters. Also included is an analysis of FWM in both unidirectional and bidirectional transmission systems. The receiver sensitivity degradation from FWM crosstalk was measured in a 16-channel coherent system. A sensitivity penalty of 0.4 dB resulted when a signal power of -3 dBm/channel was transmitted through 12 km of dispersion-shifted fiber.
1402-1408
Maeda, M.W.
a9c16ff7-25bb-4a1f-9521-0b54a549958b
Sessa, W.B.
3fb2679b-c890-4f1b-bc39-8e8d933b6706
Way, W.I.
8644e62d-db8c-4c12-ada3-6d6c258250d4
Yi-Yan, A.
18c7106e-a87d-4fa9-8f88-4085e9532949
Curtis, L.
b7305de2-b913-452c-a2c7-0548a0382ded
Spicer, R.
c15cad2d-fe0a-4068-bcc7-943a7e2107b4
Laming, R.I.
c86f359b-9145-4148-bc7d-ae4f3d272ca2
September 1990
Maeda, M.W.
a9c16ff7-25bb-4a1f-9521-0b54a549958b
Sessa, W.B.
3fb2679b-c890-4f1b-bc39-8e8d933b6706
Way, W.I.
8644e62d-db8c-4c12-ada3-6d6c258250d4
Yi-Yan, A.
18c7106e-a87d-4fa9-8f88-4085e9532949
Curtis, L.
b7305de2-b913-452c-a2c7-0548a0382ded
Spicer, R.
c15cad2d-fe0a-4068-bcc7-943a7e2107b4
Laming, R.I.
c86f359b-9145-4148-bc7d-ae4f3d272ca2
Maeda, M.W., Sessa, W.B., Way, W.I., Yi-Yan, A., Curtis, L., Spicer, R. and Laming, R.I.
(1990)
The effect of four-wave mixing in fibers on optical frequency-division multiplexed systems.
IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 8 (9), .
(doi:10.1109/50.59171).
Abstract
The optical nonlinearity in a single-mode fiber imposes a fundamental limitation on the capacity of optical frequency-division multiplexed (OFDM) systems. In particular, four-wave mixing (FWM) crosstalk may severely degrade the system performance when the fiber input powers are large and/or the channel spacing is too small. Theoretical and experimental results of the effects of FWM in OFDM systems are presented The theoretical results demonstrate the dependence of FWM on various systems parameters. Also included is an analysis of FWM in both unidirectional and bidirectional transmission systems. The receiver sensitivity degradation from FWM crosstalk was measured in a 16-channel coherent system. A sensitivity penalty of 0.4 dB resulted when a signal power of -3 dBm/channel was transmitted through 12 km of dispersion-shifted fiber.
More information
Published date: September 1990
Organisations:
Optoelectronics Research Centre
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 78392
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78392
ISSN: 0733-8724
PURE UUID: 3c4af0f7-d117-4959-9243-aaaf26e2680f
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 00:13
Export record
Altmetrics
Contributors
Author:
M.W. Maeda
Author:
W.B. Sessa
Author:
W.I. Way
Author:
A. Yi-Yan
Author:
L. Curtis
Author:
R. Spicer
Author:
R.I. Laming
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics