EFFECT OF AMPLIFIER SPACING ON 4-WAVE-MIXING IN MULTICHANNEL COHERENT COMMUNICATIONS

被引:25
作者
SCHADT, DG
机构
[1] Telecom Australia Research Laboratories, Clayton, Victoria 3168
关键词
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; AMPLIFIERS; OPTICS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19911122
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The buildup of four-wave mixing (FWM) is studied for the case of a multichannel coherent system using cascaded optical fibre amplifiers. It is shown, both analytically and numerically, that FW interactions can be either reduced or resonantly enhanced depending on the choice of the amplifer spacing. An example is given of a three channel phase modulated system with a channel separation of 12.5 GHz transmitted over 1000 km. For this example, resonance of FWM occurred at an amplifier spacing of 53 km.
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页码:1805 / 1807
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