Title :
Optimised wavelength interleaved radio-over-fibre system based on highly birefringent fibre Bragg gratings
Author :
Teixeira, A.L.J. ; Nogueira, R.N. ; André, P. S B ; Lima, M.J.N. ; da Rocha, J.R.F.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomunicacoes, Univ. of Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
A new scheme, based on Bragg gratings written in highly birefringent fibre that allows both increasing the channel density and relaxing the filter bandwidth requirements in future radio-over-fibre wavelength interleaved distribution networks, is presented and tested.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; birefringence; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; channel density; filter bandwidth requirements; highly birefringent fibre Bragg gratings; radio-over-fibre wavelength interleaved distribution networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20056408
