Performance of digital and analog lightwave systems utilizing semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Elrefaie, A. ; Way, W. ; Lin, Chinlon

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

16-19 Apr 1990

Firstpage

189

Abstract

The performance of multigigabit-per-second and multichannel AM-VSB (vestigial sideband) subcarrier multiplexed lightwave systems utilizing semiconductor optical amplifiers is evaluated using computer simulation techniques. For multigigabit-per-second systems, the NRZ/RZ system penalty due to optical amplifier gain saturation is evaluated. For subcarrier multiplexed systems, the carrier-to-second-order intermodulation and the carrier-to-third-order intermodulation are evaluated as functions of the amplifier output power. The simulation results are in good agreement with experimental measurements

Keywords

amplitude modulation; carrier communication; digital communication systems; intermodulation; optical communication; NRZ/RZ system penalty; amplifier output power; analog lightwave systems; carrier-to-second-order intermodulation; carrier-to-third-order intermodulation; computer simulation; multichannel AM-VSB; multigigabit-per-second systems; optical amplifier gain saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; subcarrier multiplexed systems; vestigial sideband; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1990. ICC '90, Including Supercomm Technical Sessions. SUPERCOMM/ICC '90. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1990.117075

Filename

117075