Compensation of the chromatic dispersion in long-reach analog optical links incorporating parallel electro-optic phase and intensity modulators

Author

Cui, Yan ; Xu, Kun ; Dai, Jian ; Dai, Yitang ; Wu, Jian ; Lin, Jintong

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

270

Lastpage

273

Abstract

A chromatic dispersion (CD) compensation scheme for analog optical link is introduced and experimentally demonstrated based on parallel modulators module, which composes of electro-optic phase and intensity modulators. The dispersion-induced power fading is adequately compensated over operational bandwidth of 0-18 GHz using our scheme. CD-tolerant transmission over 24.45-km single mode fiber has been achieved. Crucial parameters such as gain and spur free dynamic range (SDFR) are also analyzed to evaluate the CD effect on the analog optical links. Compared with conventional links based on double-sideband (DSB) intensity modulation, the proposed scheme with hybrid modulation improves the link gain and SFDR up to 35 dB and 33 dB· Hz^2/3, respectively.

Keywords

compensation; electro-optical modulation; intensity modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical links; phase modulation; CD-tolerant transmission; bandwidth 0 GHz to 18 GHz; chromatic dispersion compensation scheme; dispersion-induced power fading; distance 24.45 km; double-sideband intensity modulation; long-reach analog optical links; parallel electro-optic phase modulators; single mode fiber; spur free dynamic range; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; analog optical links; chromatic dispersion; gain; parallel modulators module; spur free dynamic range;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2011 International Topical Meeting on & Microwave Photonics Conference, 2011 Asia-Pacific, MWP/APMP

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-716-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2011.6088722

Filename

6088722