Title :
Analysis of clipping distortion in an SCM lightwave transmitter with feed-forward correction
Author :
Phillips, M.R. ; Zhang, Jin
Author_Institution :
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We analyze the performance of a feed-forward linearized transmitter in terms of clipping distortion. With electrical filtering it can produce an output RMS modulation depth of 28.0%, compared to 22.0% of a basic transmitter.
Keywords :
feedforward; filtering theory; microwave photonics; optical distortion; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical transmitters; subcarrier multiplexing; RMS modulation depth; SCM lightwave transmitter; clipping distortion; electrical filtering; feed-forward correction; feed-forward linearized transmitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
