Title :
SBS and nonlinearities reduction of analog optical links via polarization modulation
Author :
Hu, Eric S. ; Kalogerakis, Giorgos ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose using analog polarization modulation (PolM) to tackle SBS and nonlinearities due to amplitude modulation in analog optical links, e.g. HFC systems. Experimental results show that SBS threshold is improved compared to amplitude modulation (AM) systems.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; hybrid fibre coax networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; HFC systems; SBS; amplitude modulation; analog optical links; analog polarization modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
