Mitigation of chromatic dispersion effects employing electroabsorption modulator-based transmitters

Author

Polo, Valentin ; Martí, Javier ; Ramos, Francisco ; Moodie, Dave

Author_Institution

ETSI Telecommun., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

11

Issue

7

fYear

1999

fDate

7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

883

Lastpage

885

Abstract

In this letter, it is shown that the dispersion-induced carrier suppression effect in externally modulated 1550-nm analog fiber-optic links may be mitigated by properly adjusting the chirp parameter of an external electroabsorption modulator. It is theoretically modeled and experimentally demonstrated that a significant increase on the frequency-length product of fiber-optic links is achieved with this chirp-adjusting technique, when compared to traditional methods.

Keywords

chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; 1550 nm; chirp parameter; chirp-adjusting technique; chromatic dispersion effects; dispersion-induced carrier suppression effect; electroabsorption modulator-based transmitters; external electroabsorption modulator; externally modulated 1550-nm analog fiber-optic links; fiber-optic links; frequency-length product; Chirp modulation; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.769740

Filename

769740