Nonlinear distortion and crosstalk in microwave fiber-radio links

Author

Funk, E.E. ; Campillo, A.L. ; Tulchinsky, D.A.

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

2-7 June 2002

Firstpage

1691

Abstract

Dispersion and fiber nonlinearities are potentially significant sources of impairment in fiber-radio links. An experimental study of second harmonic distortion and WDM crosstalk in externally modulated microwave fiber-radio links indicates that these impairments are much more significant than previously observed at CATV frequencies below 1 GHz.

Keywords

cable television; harmonic distortion; microwave links; microwave photonics; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 GHz; CATV frequencies; WDM crosstalk; cable television distribution systems; crosstalk; dispersion; externally modulated microwave fiber-radio links; fiber nonlinearities; fiber-radio link impairment; microwave fiber-radio links; nonlinear distortion; second harmonic distortion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7239-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1012184

Filename

1012184