• DocumentCode
    764695
  • Title

    WDM pilot tone technique for analogue optical links

  • Author

    Basak, J. ; Sadhwani, R. ; Jalali, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectronic Circuits & Syst. Lab., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    7/10/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1083
  • Lastpage
    1084
  • Abstract
    The proposed technique overcomes the dynamic range limitations imposed by the signal-pilot beating in analogue fibre optic links. A spurious free dynamic range improvement of 31.8 dB is demonstrated in an experimental link where a pilot tone is used to control the bias point of a Mach-Zehnder modulator.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; Mach-Zehnder modulator; WDM; analogue optical links; dynamic range limitations; fibre optic links; pilot tone technique; signal-pilot beating; spurious free dynamic range improvement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20030658
  • Filename
    1220830