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Chapter 9.3 - Nonlinear Crosstalk

By Govind P. Agrawal
From Lightwave Technology

9.3 Nonlinear Crosstalk

Several nonlinear effects in optical fibers [39] lead to interchannel crosstalk and affect the performance of WDM systems considerably [40]-[44]. Among the nonlinear phenomena discussed in Chapter 4, the three most relevant for WDM systems are stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), four-wave mixing (FWM), and cross-phase modulation (XPM). This section focuses on SRS and FWM phenomena. The impact of XPM on WDM systems is discussed in the following section.

© 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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