Title :
Full optical spectral utilization by microwave domain filtering of tandem single sidebands
Author :
Narasimha, A. ; Xue Jun Meng ; Wu, M.C. ; Yablonovitch, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present an optical tandem single sideband receiver that eliminates the need for guardbands between adjacent WDM channels, while also receiving signals that have different data on the two sidebands of the same optical carrier.
Keywords :
microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; optical modulation; optical receivers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM channels; adjacent WDM channels; densely packed optical; dispersion penalty; dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator; error-free reception; fiber Fabry Perot; full optical spectral utilization; guardbands; microwave domain filtering; microwave filtering; optical carrier; optical communication system; optical communications channels; optical filtering; optical single sideband communication systems; optical tandem single sideband receiver; reflection mode; sidebands; single sideband receiver; spectral efficiency; spectral space; spectrally dense optical signals; tandem single sideband modulation scheme; tandem single sidebands; Filtering; Microwave filters; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Signal generators; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
