Performance Evaluation of WDM Fiber Optic Frequency Distribution Systems

Author

Chennu, P. ; Bratton, J.D. ; Shadaram, M.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Texas, San Antonio

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate the phase stability of an externally modulated 8.8 km analog wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) fiber optic frequency distribution link. The analysis of additive radio frequency (RF) phase noise with and without erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in the fiber optic link is the main objective of this work. RF phase noise is mainly investigated with power amplifier configuration for 1540, 1545, 1550, 1555, and 1560 nm wavelengths and for different gains of EDFA.

Keywords

optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical links; phase noise; power amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM fiber optic frequency distribution systems; additive radio frequency phase noise; analog wavelength division multiplexing distribution link; erbium doped fiber amplifier; fiber optic is; phase stability; power amplifier configuration; wavelength 1540 nm; wavelength 1545 mm; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 1560 nm; Additive noise; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fibers; Optical frequency conversion; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Stability; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sarnoff Symposium, 2006 IEEE

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0002-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SARNOF.2006.4534715

Filename

4534715