Distortion in angle-modulated links induced by ripple in fiber-Bragg-grating reflectance and delay characteristics

Author

Ulmer, Todd G.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA

Volume

21

Issue

12

fYear

2003

Firstpage

3226

Lastpage

3236

Abstract

Ripple in the reflectance and delay characteristics of a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating is shown to produce significant distortion in a wide-band angle-modulated fiber-optic link. Experimental results for a 7-GHz 39.4-km link where dispersion is compensated with a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating show that the residual ripple in both the reflectance and delay contributes to harmonic and intermodulation distortion. Numerical modeling shows that the distortion is dominated by the random component of the delay ripple. The distortion is further quantified as a function of the ripple, the modulation index, and the modulation frequency.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; frequency modulation; harmonic distortion; intermodulation distortion; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; reflectivity; 39.4 km; 7 GHz; angle-modulated links; delay ripple; dispersion compensation; harmonic distortion; intermodulation distortion; linearly chirped fiber-Bragg grating reflectance; modulation frequency; modulation index; wide-band angle-modulated fiber-optic link; Bragg gratings; Delay; Fiber gratings; Frequency modulation; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Phase modulation; Reflectivity; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2003.821717

Filename

1263741