Title :
Effects of high-order laser distortion products in radio over free-space optical links
Author :
Gordon, G.S.D. ; Crisp, M.J. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
RoFSO links are found to be susceptible to high-order laser distortion making conventional SFDR ineffective as a performance indicator. For the first time, peak input power is demonstrated as a service-independent bound on dynamic range.
Keywords :
optical links; radio-over-fibre; RoFSO links; conventional SFDR ineffective; high-order laser distortion products effects; radio over free-space optical links; Dynamic range; Laser noise; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical losses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
