Analysis of Kerr effect in IM/DD SCM systems with multiple optical carriers
01 September 2000
The Kerr effect in an intensity modulated direct detection subcarrier multiplexed system with multiple optical carriers is investigated in this paper. An expression for interference power spectrum is derived taking into consideration the laser phase noise and Ken effect. The derivation is carried out first for the case of two optical carriers, and then generalised for the lightwave system with N optical carriers.