• DocumentCode
    3520117
  • Title

    Dispersion Penalty Mitigation Using Polarization Mode Multiplexing in Phase Diverse Analog Optical Links

  • Author

    Gupta, Swastik ; Boyraz, Ozdal ; Jalali, Bahram

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California Los Angles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Polarization mode multiplexing of phase diverse Mach-Zehnder modulator outputs to mitigate dispersion penalty in band limited analog optical links and related systems is demonstrated. Link SNR is also improved by up to 3 dB.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical transmitters; Mach-Zehnder modulator; dispersion penalty mitigation; phase diverse analog optical links; polarization mode multiplexing; Chirp; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Phase modulation; Polarization mode dispersion; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528109
  • Filename
    4528109