Title :
High-efficiency potentially low-cost fiber-optic links via carrier-interferometry pulse shaping
Author :
Zhu, Fang ; Nassar, Carl R. ; Wu, Zhiqiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
The authors propose a far-reaching inexpensive solution to counter the many dispersion effects introduced by the fiber-optic link. Their signal-processing-based solution employs novel transmit and receive technology based on carrier interferometry ultrashort pulse shaping.
Keywords :
error compensation; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; optical pulse shaping; self-phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; carrier-interferometry pulse shaping; cross-phase modulation; dispersion compensation; four-wave mixing; frequency-shifted feedback cavity; low-cost fiber-optic links; self-phase modulation; signal-processing-based solution; thermal noise; transmit receive technology; ultrashort pulse shaping; Frequency; Interferometry; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.801084