Soliton sampling of subcarrier multiplexed signals to suppress dispersion-induced RF power fading

Author

Khosravani, R. ; Lee, S. ; Hayee, M.I. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

9

fYear

2000

Firstpage

1275

Lastpage

1277

Abstract

By using a novel soliton sampling technique, we demonstrate the suppression of RF power fading over 94 km of single-mode fiber. We transmit a digital data signal that has been multiplexed on a subcarrier wave that ranges from 0.25-14 GHz. A 35-ps soliton pulse train is used to sample the data-modulated subcarrier. These inherently stable soliton pulses are then used to carry the information without suffering from dispersion. By using this technique, RF power fading is reduced from 22 dB to <2 dB over a 10-GHz frequency range.

Keywords

fading; fading channels; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; stability; subcarrier multiplexing; 10 GHz; 35 ps; GHz frequency range; RF power fading; data-modulated subcarrier; digital data signal; dispersion-induced RF power fading suppression; inherently stable soliton pulses; ps soliton pulse train; single-mode fiber; soliton sampling; subcarrier multiplexed signals; subcarrier wave; Chromatic dispersion; Electrooptic modulators; Fading; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; RF signals; Radio frequency; Sampling methods; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.874260

Filename

874260