Simulation Analysis of Four Wave Mixing Effect in WDM Optical System
Vivek Kumar Malik1, Amit Kumar Garg2
1Vivek Malik, M.Tech Student in ECE Department, DCRUST-Murthal, Sonipat, India.
2Dr. Amit Kumar Garg, Professor and Chairman in ECE Department, DCRUST-Murthal, Sonipat, India.
Manuscript received on May 28, 2015. | Revised Manuscript received on June 12, 2015. | Manuscript published on June 15, 2015. | PP: 50-53 | Volume-3 Issue-7, June 2015. | Retrieval Number: G0904063715/2015©BEIESP
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Abstract: The nonlinear effect degrades the system performance. Because nonlinear effects tend to manifest themselves when optical power is very high, they become important in WDM. Four-wave mixing (FWM) is one of the dominating degradation effects in wavelength division-multiplexing (WDM) systems with dense channel spacing and low chromatic dispersion on the fiber. Four wave mixing (FWM) is a parametric process in which different frequencies interact and by frequency mixing generate new spectral components. FWM can have important deleterious effects in optical fiber communications, particularly in the context of wavelength division multiplexing where it can cause cross-talk between different wavelength channels, and /or an imbalance of channel powers. The paper presents the design and performance analysis of four-wave mixing effect on the basis of output spectrums, eye diagrams, BER, eye opening and Q-factor for different values of channel spacing.
Keywords: Channel spacing, Eye diagram, FWM, nonlinear effects, WDM.