Z. Wang et al., EFFECTS OF CROSS-PHASE MODULATION IN WAVELENGTH-MULTIPLEXED SCM VIDEOTRANSMISSION-SYSTEMS, Electronics Letters, 31(18), 1995, pp. 1591-1592
Channel crosstalk effects in wavelength-multiplexed subcarrier-multipl
exing video transmission systems due to cross-phase modulation are inv
estigated. The crosstalk level depends on the spacing of optical chann
els. For analogue CATV transmissions in the 1.5 mu m window using norm
al singlemode fibre, ii is shown that the number of achievable optical
channels is severely limited by cross-phase modulation for typical sy
stem parameters.