Microwave-Domain Analog Predistortion Based on Chirped Delay Lines for Dispersion Compensation of 10-Gb/s Optical Communication Signals

Author

Ranzani, Leonardo ; Boffi, Pierpaolo ; Siano, Rocco ; Rondineau, S?©bastien ; Popovic, Zoya ; Martinelli, Mario

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan

Volume

26

Issue

15

fYear

2008

Firstpage

2641

Lastpage

2646

Abstract

Optical chromatic dispersion compensation is achieved by analog predistortion of the signal in the microwave domain exploiting a chirped delay line at the transmitter. We designed a microwave device that guarantees high compactness of the solution and increased performance in terms of uncompensated propagation reach. Error-free, 10-Gb/s transmission over 225 km of uncompensated fiber is experimentally demonstrated without the use of coherent detection, digital equalizers, or optical dispersion compensators.

Keywords

microwave photonics; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; chirped delay lines; digital equalizers; distance 225 km; microwave device; microwave-domain analog predistortion; optical chromatic dispersion compensation; optical communication signal; transmitter; uncompensated fiber; Chirp; Chromatic dispersion; Delay lines; Microwave devices; Microwave propagation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical propagation; Optical transmitters; Predistortion; Compensation; microwave circuits; modulation; optical fiber communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.925638

Filename

4652298