• DocumentCode
    2227178
  • Title

    Optical comb sources for suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in long-haul analog photonic links

  • Author

    McKinney, Jason D. ; Briguglio, John ; Urick, Vincent J.

  • Author_Institution
    U.S. Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a 50-km repeater-less analog optical link with a record spur-free dynamic range of ~105 dB-Hz2/3. An optical comb source mitigates stimulated Brillouin scattering allowing increased launch power and reduced optical post-amplification.
  • Keywords
    optical links; optical modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; analog optical link; long-haul analog photonic links; optical comb sources; optical post-amplification; size 50 km; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Adaptive optics; Noise; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950111