Title :
Third-order distortion elimination in phase-encoded analog-photonic links using a four-wave mixing comb source
Author :
Bhatia, Abhishek ; Hong-Fu Ting ; Foster, Mark A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We present all-optical distortion cancellation in phase-modulated analog-photonic links by combining the phase-encoded signal with lines from an optical comb generated from signal. Experimentally, we fully cancel third-order distortion increasing the link SFDR by >8.3dB.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical distortion; optical links; optical modulation; phase modulation; all-optical distortion cancellation; four-wave mixing comb source; link SFDR; optical comb generation; phase-encoded analog-photonic links; phase-encoded signal; phase-modulated analog-photonic links; spurious-free dynamic range; third-order distortion elimination; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Phase distortion; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
