• DocumentCode
    1555331
  • Title

    Performance analysis of multichannel 16/64-QAM CATV distribution network using semiconductor optical amplifier as an external modulator

  • Author

    Ali, M.A. ; Metivier, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Univ. of New York, NY, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    690
  • Lastpage
    692
  • Abstract
    It is shown numerically that by using a TWSOA as an external modulator at the transmitter end of a multichannel 16/64-QAM fiber-optic CATV link, up to 400/600 MPEG2 video channels could he transmitted with a total link budget of 34/28 db.
  • Keywords
    cable television; electro-optical modulation; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical transmitters; quadrature amplitude modulation; semiconductor lasers; subcarrier multiplexing; television networks; MPEG2 video channels; TWSOA; external modulator; multichannel 16/64-QAM CATV distribution network; multichannel 16/64-QAM fiber-optic CATV link; optical transmitters; performance analysis; semiconductor optical amplifier; total link budget; transmitter end; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Partial differential equations; Performance analysis; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.588213
  • Filename
    588213