Title :
Amplified 1550-nm CATV lightwave systems
Author_Institution :
ATX Telecom Syst., Naperville, IL, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Transmission of community antenna television (CATV) signals at 1550 nm in standard optical fiber presents both challenges and opportunities. It enables the lowest loss transmission through fiber as well as the use of optical fibre amplifiers. The challenge of 1550-nm transmission is that the standard non-dispersion-shifted fiber, which is widely deployed by the CATV industry, has significant chromatic dispersion. Optical amplifiers boost the power but add noise, thereby degrading the carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) of the transmitted signal. The technology, design, and perfdrmance of 1550-nm analog CATV systems are presented.
Keywords :
infrared sources; 1550 nm; 1550-nm analog CATV systems; 1550-nm transmission; CATV industry; CATV signals; amplified 1550-nm CATV lightwave systems; carrier-to-noise ratio; chromatic dispersion; community antenna television; lowest loss transmission; nondispersion-shifted fiber; optical fibre amplifiers; standard optical fiber; transmitted signal; Chromatic dispersion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Propagation losses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; TV; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-521-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1998.657228
