Optical single-sideband transmitter for various electrical signaling formats

Author

Fonseca, Daniel ; Cartaxo, Adolfo V T ; Monteiro, Paulo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Volume

24

Issue

5

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2059

Lastpage

2069

Abstract

A simple high-speed data transmitter to generate optical single-sideband (OSSB) signals using different electrical signaling formats is presented. The OSSB signal is generated by combining the information signal with the Hilbert transform of that signal, obtained by means of electrical processing. A detailed mathematical model is introduced to evaluate the transmitter performance, considering the generation of OSSB signals with different electrical signaling formats. Two signaling formats are evaluated and compared: nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) and alternate mark inversion. The optimum transmitter operation conditions, namely bias and drive voltages, are derived according to the signaling format used and confirmed experimentally. Transmission tests conducted using 10-Gb/s OSSB-NRZ signals to assess the improvement obtained by electrical dispersion compensation show a significant mitigation of the dispersion distortion.

Keywords

Hilbert transforms; optical distortion; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical transmitters; telecommunication signalling; 10 Gbit/s; Hilbert transform; alternate mark inversion format; dispersion distortion; electrical dispersion compensation; electrical processing; electrical signaling formats; high-speed data transmitter; nonreturn-to-zero format; optical single-sideband signals; optical transmitter; signaling format; single-sideband transmitter; spectrally efficient modulation; Amplitude modulation; High speed optical techniques; Mathematical model; Optical distortion; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Signal generators; Signal processing; Testing; Voltage; Alternate mark inversion (AMI); nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ); optical single sideband (OSSB); sideband suppression ratio (SSR); spectrally efficient modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.872301

Filename

1632243