Reduction of four-wave mixing effect in an optical wavelength-division multiplexed system by utilizing different channel spacing and chromatic dispersion schemes

Md. Forkan Uddin; A.B.M. Nasirud Doulah; A. K. Moazzem M. Hossain; Muhammad Zulfïker Alam; Mohammed Nazrul Islam

doi:10.1117/1.1597887

1 September 2003 Reduction of four-wave mixing effect in an optical wavelength-division multiplexed system by utilizing different channel spacing and chromatic dispersion schemes

Md. Forkan Uddin, A.B.M. Nasirud Doulah, A. K. Moazzem M. Hossain, Muhammad Zulfïker Alam, Mohammed Nazrul Islam

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 42, Issue 9, (September 2003). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1597887

. The performance of an optical wavelength-division multiplexed system is analyzed taking the four-wave mixing (FWM) effect into account. The efficiency of FWM generation is observed to greatly reduce if the spacing between channels is made unequal. However, the scheme requires an increased bandwidth, which can further be reduced by utilizing another scheme called repeated unequal channel spacing. Also the FWM efficiency is found to reduce in the presence of chromatic dispersion. Use of nonuniform chromatic dispersion along the fiber length, which reduces the FWM effect while maintaining a low value of dispersion is investigated. Various other dispersion management mechanisms are also considered in addition to different channel spacing schemes to achieve a comparative study as to which scheme gives the best solution to the FWM problem.

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Md. Forkan Uddin, A.B.M. Nasirud Doulah, A. K. Moazzem M. Hossain, Muhammad Zulfïker Alam, and Mohammed Nazrul Islam "Reduction of four-wave mixing effect in an optical wavelength-division multiplexed system by utilizing different channel spacing and chromatic dispersion schemes," Optical Engineering 42(9), (1 September 2003). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1597887

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