Experimental investigation of signal distortions induced by cross-phase modulation combined with dispersion

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1592-1594

  Rapp, Lutz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Nonlinearities; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulses; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSTALK; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

CROSS PHASE MODULATION (XPM); NONLINEAR DISTORTIONS; OPTICAL PULSES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS (SMF);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031343338     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.643278     Document Type: Article

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