Title :
Dynamic range improvement through balanced detection for SBS-based high resolution OSAs
Author :
Deng Pan ; Changjian Ke ; Xin Zhou ; Deming Liu ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Eng. Lab. for Next Generation Internet Access Syst., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
An out-of-band signal components cancellation scheme through balanced detection is proposed for SBS-based OSAs. Accompanied with the nonlinear distortion compensation, the dynamic range of the measured spectra can be improved from ~10 dB to >50 dB.
Keywords :
compensation; nonlinear distortion; optical attenuators; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; photodiodes; spectral analysers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; OSA; SBS; balanced detection; balanced photodiode pair; dynamic range improvement; nonlinear distortion compensation; optical attenuator; optical coupler; optical spectrum analyzers; out-of-band signal components cancellation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Distortion measurement; Dynamic range; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
