Fiber-optic microwave link employing optically amplified electrooptical upconverting receivers

Author

Fuster, J.M. ; Marti, J. ; Polo, V. ; Corral, J.L.

Author_Institution

ETSI Telecommun., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

9

Issue

8

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1161

Lastpage

1163

Abstract

An optically amplified Mach-Zender intensity modulator employed as upconverting receiver has been modeled and experimentally demonstrated for a 1.8-GHz fiber-optic link of 46.2-km standard single-mode fiber operating at 1.55 μm. This receiving scheme overcomes dispersion-induced distortion as well as eases the use of linearized external modulators and high-frequency RF sources for optical feeding microwave and millimeter-wave radiocommunication systems.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical noise; optical receivers; 1.55 mum; 1.8 GHz; 46.2 km; GHz fiber-optic link; dispersion-induced distortion; fiber-optic microwave link; high-frequency RF sources; linearized external modulators; millimeter-wave radiocommunication systems; optical feeding microwave systems; optically amplified Mach-Zender intensity modulator; optically amplified electrooptical upconverting receivers; standard single-mode fiber; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Frequency conversion; Noise level; Optical distortion; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.605536

Filename

605536