Title :
Improved SPM tolerance and cost-effective phase-modulation duobinary transmission over 230-km standard single-mode fiber using a single Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Lu, Yu-Chang ; Chen, Jason ; Feng, Kai-Ming ; Yeh, Pao-Chi ; Huang, Tzu-Yen ; Peng, Wei-Ren ; Huang, Ming-Fang ; Wei, Chia-Chien
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
Abstract :
This letter proposes and experimentally demonstrates a cost-effective phase-modulation duobinary modulation scheme for improving self-phase modulation tolerance using a single modulator. Successful transmission over 230 km of standard single-mode fiber was achieved.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical fibre communication; self-phase modulation; 230 km; Mach-Zehnder modulator; SPM; duobinary transmission; phase-modulation; self-phase modulation; standard single-mode fiber; Fiber nonlinear optics; Intensity modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; Voltage; Duobinary modulation (DBM); modulation format; optical communication; prechirped modulation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.859433
