Dispersion elimination and harmonic behavior in optical networks

Author

Udvary, Eszter ; Hilt, Attila ; Berceli, Tibor

Author_Institution

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Broadband Infocommunication Systems, H-1111, Goldmann György tér 3, Hungary

Volume

Supplement

fYear

2008

fDate

Sept. 28 2008-Oct. 2 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Eliminating dispersion effects fast is a crucial concern when building next generation optical networks. Dispersion penalty has been investigated widely in 1550nm fiber-optical links transmitting different kind of signals. However, only a few papers addressed the harmonics generation effect. This paper presents theoretical and experimental results on the estimation of harmonic effects in the transmission. An approach is presented in this paper to overcome the radio frequency carrier suppression, based on the joint effect of SOA chirp, chromatic dispersion and nonlinearities in optical link. The frequency notches caused by the dispersion-induced carrier suppression effect may be sharply alleviated and the performance of the transmitted digital signal can be improved. The saturated SOA also affects the level and nature of harmonics.

Keywords

Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Dispersion media; Distortion; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber; Semiconductor Optical Amplifier; Subcarrier multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium, 2008. Networks 2008. The 13th International

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

978-963-8111-68-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NETWKS.2008.6231335

Filename

6231335