Title :
Imperfect mitigation of dispersion induced power penalty in high power single-sideband modulated radio-on-fiber links
Author :
Won, P.C. ; Zhang, W. ; Williams, J.A.R. ; Bennion, I.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the transmission of radio-on-fiber link employing single-sideband modulation (SSB) under the combined effects of fiber loss, nonlinearity and dispersion. Results show that dispersion-induced power penalty still exists in high-power SSB modulated links.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; radio-over-fibre; SSB; dispersion induced power penalty; fiber loss; imperfect mitigation; nonlinearity; radio-on-fiber link; single-sideband modulation; Amplitude modulation; Chirp modulation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549267