Title :
Suppression of harmonic and intermodulation distortion for SCM-WDM RoF systems based on the spectral slicing of optical broadband sources
Author :
Grassi, Fulvio ; Mora, José ; Ortega, Beatriz ; Capmany, José
Author_Institution :
ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents the experimental evaluation of harmonic and intermodulation distortions in a SCM-WDM RoF scheme based on spectral slicing of an optical broadband source. The insertion of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer suppresses significantly nonlinear terms.
Keywords :
Fiber nonlinear optics; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Passive optical networks; Power harmonic filters; Radio frequency; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
