Title :
Transmitter power and chirp measurement for quantitative prediction of SBS suppression
Author :
Jez, D.R. ; Jackson, M.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
We show transmitter output power and chirp measurements for direct laser modulation, compare predictions based on the power and chirp to actual measurements of SBS suppression, and examine the validity of the assumption that separated components do not interact.
Keywords :
cable television; chirp modulation; optical modulation; optical transmitters; stimulated Brillouin scattering; SBS suppression; chirp measurement; direct laser modulation; optical transmitter output power; quantitative prediction; transmitter power; Backscatter; Brillouin scattering; Chirp modulation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency modulation; Laser theory; Optical transmitters; Power measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Nanostructures and Quantum Dots/WDM Components/VCSELs and Microcavaties/RF Photonics for CATV and HFC Systems, 1999 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5633-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1999.794747
