EFFECT OF CROSS-PHASE MODULATION ON OPTICAL-PHASE CONJUGATION IN DISPERSION-SHIFTED FIBER

Abstract

The temporal effect of optical phase conjugation in dispersion-shifted fiber is studied numerically. Frequency chirping is induced in the conjugate pulse by the signal pulse and the pump wave through cross-phase modulation, which increases with the signal power and may distort the pulse shape when the conjugate pulse propagates in the standard fiber. It is also shown that, when the signal power is low, the optical phase conjugation is nearly ideal.