Title :
Suppressed Carrier Optical Transmitter with Intracavity Modulation for Coherent Analog Optical Links
Author :
Hung, Yu-Chueh ; Bortnik, Bartosz ; Fetterman, Harold R. ; Forber, Rick ; Wang, Wen
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Abstract :
A suppressed carrier optical heterodyne link was demonstrated experimentally with high dynamic range. An efficient laser ring oscillator for heterodyne links is proposed where an intracavity modulator outputs a suppressed carrier signal while recirculating the carrier around the ring.
Keywords :
heterodyne detection; optical links; optical modulation; optical transmitters; ring lasers; coherent analog optical links; intracavity modulation; laser ring oscillator; optical heterodyne link; suppressed carrier optical transmitter; Dynamic range; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348452
