Title :
Enhanced performance of a 100km directly-modulated radio-over-fibre link using an unfiltered semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Qian, X. ; Hartmann, P. ; Wonfor, A. ; Ingham, J.D. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
An unfiltered 1310 nm semiconductor optical amplifier is employed as an inline power booster in a low-cost directly-modulated, 100 km radio-over-fibre link to compensate for the attenuation of the fibre. Substantial performance enhancement has been achieved. In addition, an application of this technique within a distributed antenna system with a tree architecture, supporting in excess of 100 antennae, is experimentally simulated.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 100 km; 1310 nm; directly-modulated radio-over-fibre link; fibre attenuation compensation; inline power booster; tree architecture distributed antenna system; unfiltered semiconductor optical amplifier; Costs; Diode lasers; Isolators; Linearity; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical fibers; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
High Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium, 2004
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8426-1
DOI :
10.1109/HFPSC.2004.1360339
