DocumentCode
1032965
Title
Harmonic distortion caused by stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression in externally modulated lightwave AM-CATV systems
Author
Willems, F.W. ; van der Plaats, J.C.
Author_Institution
AT&T Network Syst. Nederland BV, Huizen
Volume
30
Issue
4
fYear
1994
fDate
2/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
343
Lastpage
345
Abstract
The stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold power in externally modulated lightwave AM-CATV systems can be increased up to 8 dB by single tone phase modulation of the optical carrier, without introducing significant intermodulation distortion even if the signal wavelength is not in the zero dispersion regime of the fibre
Keywords
amplitude modulation; cable television; intermodulation; optical dispersion; optical links; optical modulation; phase modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; externally modulated lightwave AM-CATV systems; fibre dispersion; harmonic distortion; intermodulation distortion; numerical calculation; optical carrier modulation; single mode fibre; single tone phase modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19940212
Filename
267322
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