• DocumentCode
    310093
  • Title

    Optical equalization to combat fiber induced distortions in SCM systems

  • Author

    Marti, Joan ; Antón, R. ; Capmany, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
  • Firstpage
    210
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. Fiber induced distortion may severely affect the perfomance of subcarrier multiplexed (SCM) systems. Both harmonic and intermodulation distortion due to laser chirp and optical fiber chromatic dispersion limit the capacity and extension of the SCM networks. In this work, an all-pass optical filter equalizer is considered to reduce harmonics and intermodulation product distortions in SCM systems
  • Keywords
    subcarrier multiplexing; SCM network capacity limitations; SCM systems; all-pass optical filter equalizer; fiber induced distortion; fiber induced distortions; harmonic distortion; intermodulation distortion; intermodulation product distortions; laser chirp; optical equalization; optical fiber chromatic dispersion; subcarrier multiplexed; Chirp; Chromatic dispersion; Equalizers; Fiber lasers; Intermodulation distortion; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Power harmonic filters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1470-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1994.586967
  • Filename
    586967