Title :
Performance analysis of multichannel 16/64-QAM CATV distribution network using semiconductor optical amplifier as an external modulator
Author :
Ali, M.A. ; Metivier, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Univ. of New York, NY, USA
fDate :
5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown numerically that by using a TWSOA as an external modulator at the transmitter end of a multichannel 16/64-QAM fiber-optic CATV link, up to 400/600 MPEG2 video channels could he transmitted with a total link budget of 34/28 db.
Keywords :
cable television; electro-optical modulation; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; semiconductor lasers; subcarrier multiplexing; television networks; MPEG2 video channels; TWSOA; external modulator; multichannel 16/64-QAM CATV distribution network; multichannel 16/64-QAM fiber-optic CATV link; optical transmitters; performance analysis; semiconductor optical amplifier; total link budget; transmitter end; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Partial differential equations; Performance analysis; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
