Abstract
In this letter, we report an experimental study of mitigation of optical homodyne crosstalk by phase scrambling. This mitigation is obtained by frequency shifting the signal-crosstalk beating noise power out of the receiver bandwidth. An increased tolerance to crosstalk of 7 and 5 dB is measured in a 2.5-Gb/s link of 100 and 200 km of standard single mode fiber, respectively. This result indicates the feasibility of optical networking in the LAN/MAN domain, by tolerating the relatively high crosstalk levels of present optical switching technology. Our experiment is in good agreement with theoretical results.
Original language | English |
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Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 567-569 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISSN | 1041-1135 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |