Title :
Effects of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Phase Distortion in Radio Over Fiber Signals
Author :
Di Bartolo, S. ; Teixeira, A. ; Beleffi, G. M Tosi ; Curti, F.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tor Vergata, Rome
Abstract :
In this paper the effects boosting a phase modulated radio over fiber signal with a semiconductor optical amplifier are analyzed. The resulting distortion is characterized in the case of a single radio over fiber signal or in presence of an amplitude modulated signal.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; optical transmitters; phase modulation; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA nonlinearity; amplitude modulated signal; boosting effects; phase distortion; phase modulation; radio-over-fiber signal; semiconductor optical amplifier; Chirp modulation; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Phase distortion; Phase modulation; Quadrature phase shift keying; RF signals; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; 3G; chirp; cross gain modulation; cross-phase modulation; radio over fiber; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296294
