Title :
Experimental verification of the nonlinear distortion caused by long optical cavities in AM-VSB CATV lightwaves systems
Author :
Willems, F.W. ; van der Plaats, J.C. ; Koelma, F.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Network Syst. nederland B.V., Huizen, Netherlands
fDate :
1/4/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors experimentally verify that coherent multipath interference of directly modulated AM-VSB lightwave signals in cavities with lengths in the order of a few centimetres, causes intermodulation distortion, as predicted theoretically
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; cable television; intermodulation distortion; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; AM-VSB CATV lightwaves systems; IMD; coherent multipath interference; directly modulated lightwave signals; intermodulation distortion; long optical cavities; nonlinear distortion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960003
