Title :
Dispersion Penalty Mitigation Using Polarization Mode Multiplexing in Phase Diverse Analog Optical Links
Author :
Gupta, Swastik ; Boyraz, Ozdal ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California Los Angles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Polarization mode multiplexing of phase diverse Mach-Zehnder modulator outputs to mitigate dispersion penalty in band limited analog optical links and related systems is demonstrated. Link SNR is also improved by up to 3 dB.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical transmitters; Mach-Zehnder modulator; dispersion penalty mitigation; phase diverse analog optical links; polarization mode multiplexing; Chirp; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Phase modulation; Polarization mode dispersion; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528109
