Open AccessHigher-order four-wave mixing and its effect in WDM systems
Author(s) -
Shuangxi Song
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.7.000166
Subject(s) - four wave mixing , wavelength division multiplexing , crosstalk , optics , channel spacing , mixing (physics) , physics , nonlinear optics , wavelength , laser , quantum mechanics
Higher-order four-wave mixing effects are evaluated in WDM systems. Calculated and measured results show that higher-order FWM crosstalk, though small compared to the first-order FWM crosstalk, could be significant in unequal channel-spacing WDM systems where the first-order FWM is not a problem.