Four-wave mixing in EDFAs

Authors
Liu, Y Burtsev, S Tsuda, S Hegarty, SP Mozdy, RS Hempstead, M Luther, GG Smart, RG
Citation
Y. Liu et al., Four-wave mixing in EDFAs, ELECTR LETT, 35(24), 1999, pp. 2130-2131
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00135194 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
24
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2130 - 2131
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(19991125)35:24<2130:FMIE>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A study is presented of four-wave mixing (FWM) in L- and C-band EDFAs. From experiments, it has been observed that FWM scales with the length of Er-do ped fibre. II is shown theoretically that FWM crosstalk from EDFAs consider ably exceeds that from NZDSF fibre in DWDM L-band systems and leads to a pe nalty of up to 1 dB in terms of the Q parameter.