Integrated electroabsorption modulator/DFB laser analog transmitter with distortion correction to fifth order

Author

Wilson, G.C. ; Wood, T.H. ; Zyskind, J.L. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Johnson, Jennifer E. ; Tanbun-Ek, T. ; Morton, Paul A.

Author_Institution

Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

221

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report an improved predistorter, which cancels fifth-order (IMD5) as well as third-order (IMD3) intermodulation distortion and yields a composite triple beat (CTB) of -60 dBc. The uncorrected composite second-order distortion (CSO) is -61 dBc. The reduction in CTB (17.5 dB) is 6 dB better than the largest previously reported for an electroabsorption modulator. Low distortion is preserved after fiber amplification and propagation through 13 km of nondispersion-shifted fiber with a transmission-fiber launch power of +13.4 dBm.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; intermodulation distortion; laser beams; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; 13 km; composite second-order distortion; composite triple beat; distortion correction; fiber amplification; fifth order; fifth-order intermodulation distortion; integrated electroabsorption modulator/DFB laser analog transmitter; low distortion; nondispersion-shifted fiber; predistorter; third-order intermodulation distortion; transmission-fiber launch power; Brillouin scattering; Chirp; Circuits; Diodes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Optical transmitters; Predistortion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864587