Soliton sampling for subcarrier multiplexed transmission to eliminate dispersion-induced RF power degradation

Author

Khosravani, R. ; Lee, S. ; Hayee, M.I. ; Sun, H. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

341

Abstract

We demonstrate elimination of RF power degradation over 94 km of single-mode fiber in subcarrier transmission from 0.25 to 14 GHz by modulating a 35-ps soliton train. Our results show that solitons are good candidates for subcarrier transmission to avoid degrading dispersion effects.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical solitons; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication signalling; 0.25 to 14 GHz; 35 ps; 94 km; RF power degradation; degrading dispersion effects; dispersion-induced RF power degradation; ps soliton train; single-mode fiber; soliton sampling; subcarrier multiplexed transmission; subcarrier transmission; Bandwidth; Frequency modulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Sampling methods; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768157

Filename

768157