Abstract:
To study the compensation of both dispersion and Kerr effect in WDM transmission using the wavelength-shift-free optical phase conjugator (OPC) which is implemented on the Sagnac fiber interferometer. For WDM transmission, we explore the characteristics of the wavelength-shift-free OPC when it is applied for the simultaneous conjugation of WDM signal. In this case, the wavelength-shift-free OPC (single channel) acts as the band-shift-free OPC (WDM), because the wavelengths are unavoidably shifted in this scheme. The analysis results of some important parameters and their relations such as the conversion efficiency and the supported bandwidth are used for designing the OPC to achieve the maximum performance. First, we design the optimal OPC for single signal transmission. We optimize the length of fiber, the type of fiber, the pump separation, signal power and pumps power. Then, we apply the optimally designed Sagnac-based optical phase conjugator in WDM transmission. In WDM transmission, the new pump separation varies when the number of signals changes. In this thesis, we design the OPC for using in 4- channel, 8-channel, 10-channel, and 15-channel WDM transmission systems. Finally, we find the maximum channel and distance that completely compensates the signal distortion. According to the obtained results, we achieve the optimal design of the Sagnacbased optical phase conjugator, constructed with the 120-m-long highly-nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (HNL-PCF) for generating FWM effect. Also, we use 2 OPCs for WDM transmission that has 15 channels through 900 km with Q factor larger than 7 and BER less than 10[subscript-12].