Design of efficient optical fiber communication systems for CATV/HDTV distribution

Author

Zhang, Jian-Guo ; Sharma, A.B. ; Ritthisoonthorn, Pichet ; Erke, Tapio J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Adv. Technol., Asian Inst. of Technol., Pathumthani, Thailand

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

453

Lastpage

461

Abstract

We present an efficient design of intensity-modulation direct-detection optical fiber communication systems with erbium-doped fiber amplifiers to support future CATV/HDTV distribution and broadcasting. We consider three system configurations for CATV applications. The first one is the in-line amplifier scheme. The second scheme is based on a passive optical power splitter and optically-preamplified receivers, while the third scheme uses hybrid passive and active optical power splitters. The receiver sensitivity is also analyzed for various system parameters. The schemes are compared in terms of the number of HDTV subscribers and the superiority of the third scheme over the second scheme is demonstrated

Keywords

cable television; fibre lasers; high definition television; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical signal detection; CATV/HDTV distribution; EDFA; TV broadcasting; active optical power splitters; erbium doped fiber amplifiers; hybrid optical power splitters; in-line amplifier; intensity modulation direct detection system; optical fiber communication systems; optically preamplified receivers; passive optical power splitter; receiver sensitivity; system configurations; system parameters; HDTV; High speed optical techniques; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.628658

Filename

628658