Title :
In-band optical crosstalk in fiber-radio WDM networks
Author :
Castleford, D. ; Nirmalathas, A. ; Novak, D. ; Tucker, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We present the first experimental investigation of the impact of in-band optical crosstalk in fiber-radio networks incorporating wavelength division multiplexing. We show that crosstalk-induced power penalties are reduced when the crosstalk signal carries a different wireless frequency band, however, penalties are still observed even for perfect RF filtering of the crosstalk signal.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; radio links; wavelength division multiplexing; RF filtering; crosstalk-induced power penalties; fiber-radio WDM networks; in-band optical crosstalk; wavelength division multiplexing; Filtering; Intelligent networks; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical reflection; RF signals; Radio frequency; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6538-0
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2001.967061
