Tunable RF-power-fading compensation of multiple-channel double-sideband SCM transmission using a nonlinearly chirped FBG

Author

Sun, H. ; Cardakli, M.C. ; Feng, K.M. ; Cai, J.X. ; Long, H. ; Hayee, M.I. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

5

fYear

2000

fDate

5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

546

Lastpage

548

Abstract

We demonstrate that a nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating can compensate RF power degradation in subcarrier-multiplexed (SCM) systems that is caused by fiber dispersion. Our all-optical technique provides tunable dispersion that compensates for multiple SCM channels simultaneously. We achieve RF-power-fading compensation for two SCM/BPSK 156-Mb/s channels in which the fading is reduced from 15 and 6 dB, respectively, to <0.5 dB for each channel.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; compensation; fading channels; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical tuning; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication channels; 156 Mbit/s; RF power degradation; RF-power-fading compensation; SCM/BPSK Mb/s channels; all-optical technique; fiber dispersion; multiple SCM channels; multiple-channel double-sideband SCM transmission; nonlinearly chirped FBG; nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating; subcarrier-multiplexed systems; tunable RF-power-fading compensation; tunable dispersion; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Degradation; Delay effects; Fading; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber cables; Radio frequency; Sun; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.841281

Filename

841281