Title :
Tandem single sideband modulation scheme for doubling spectral efficiency of analogue fibre links
Author :
Narasimha, Adithyaram ; Meng, X.J. ; Wu, M.C. ; Yablonovitch, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
6/22/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Using a dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator, a `tandem´ single sideband modulator has been constructed that doubles the spectral efficiency of a system by enabling the transmission of different data streams in the upper and lower sidebands of the same optical carrier
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; analogue fibre links; data streams; dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator; lower sideband; optical carrier; single sideband modulator; spectral efficiency doubling; tandem single sideband modulation scheme; upper sideband;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000836
