Analysis of penalty due to low-frequency intensity modulation in optical transmission systems

Author

Baik, Jin-Serk ; Park, Kun-Youl ; Oh, Tae-Won ; Lee, Chang-Hee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

21

Issue

12

fYear

2003

Firstpage

3300

Lastpage

3307

Abstract

The low-frequency intensity modulation in optical transmission systems can occurred by optical performance monitoring or dynamic devices such as acoustooptic tunable filters. Using a conventional receiver model, we derived the optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) and Q penalties due to the low-frequency intensity modulation. The penalty is a function of the extinction ratio, OSNR, the modulation index, and the number of pilot-tone signals. The analytic results show good agreement with the experimental results.

Keywords

acousto-optical filters; acousto-optical modulation; intensity modulation; optical links; optical receivers; Q penalties; acoustooptic tunable filters; conventional receiver model; dynamic devices; extinction ratio; low-frequency intensity modulation; modulation index; optical performance monitoring; optical signal-to-noise ratio; optical transmission systems; penalty analysis; pilot-tone signals; Bit error rate; Intensity modulation; Monitoring; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2003.821759

Filename

1263749