• DocumentCode
    3561556
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    269
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7695-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1210931
  • Filename
    1210931