The FWM Impairment in Coherent OFDM Compounds on a Phased-Array Basis over Dispersive Multi-Span Links

Moshe Nazarathy, Jacob B. Khurgin, Rakefet Weidenfeld, Yehuda Meiman, Pak Cho, R. Noé, Isaac Shpantzer

2008 · 10 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

We develop a novel all-analytic model of FWM generation over dispersive multi-span coherent OFDM long-haul links, leading to a new phased-array effect. The nonlinear FWM impairment may be mitigated by destructive interference of intermodulation products.

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