Title :
110 km 256-QAM digital microwave over fiber link
Author :
Funk, E.E. ; Urick, V.J. ; Strutz, S.J. ; Dexter, J.L. ; Williams, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
A 110 km digital microwave fiber-optic link has been designed and demonstrated with 256 QAM at 20 GHz. The design approach, involving the management of loss, dispersion, and Brillouin threshold throughout the link is discussed.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical noise; quadrature amplitude modulation; 110 km; 20 GHz; 256-QAM; Brillouin threshold; analog fiber-optic links; digital microwave over fiber link; dispersion; loss; Brillouin scattering; Dynamic range; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical films; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7695-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1210931
