A Transmission Model of Analog Signals in Photonic Links

Author

Zhiyu Chen ; Lianshan Yan ; Wei Pan ; Bin Luo ; Xihua Zou ; Hengyun Jiang

Author_Institution

Center for Inf. Photonics & Commun., Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu, China

Volume

6

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

13

Abstract

We investigate the transmission of analog photonic signals based on coupled-mode theory and small-signal analysis and provide general expressions for signal evolution along standard single-mode-fiber links. Such model consists of a set of terms that correspond to polarization effects, chromatic dispersion (CD), and fiber nonlinearity. Based on the proposed complete model, we further investigate two typical cases, including the interaction between polarization effects and CD, as well as CD and Kerr effects. In addition, the limitations of the noise figure and spur-free dynamic range are investigated in dispersive nonlinear links.

Keywords

analogue circuits; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Kerr effects; analog photonic signals; chromatic dispersion; coupled-mode theory; fiber nonlinearity; noise figure; photonic links; polarization effects; single-mode-fiber links; small-signal analysis; spur-free dynamic range; transmission model; Equations; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Photonics; Analog photonic link; chromatic dispersion; nonlinearity; polarization-mode-dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2366162

Filename

6945242