Distance-independent RF fading compensation using a tunable nonlinearly-chirped FBG in a phase diversity configuration

Author

Havstad, S.A. ; Sahin, A.B. ; Adamczyk, O.H. ; Xie, Y. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

7-10 March 2000

Firstpage

323

Abstract

We use a nonlinearly-chirped fibre Bragg grating (FBG) in a phase diversity configuration to achieve distance-independent RF power fading compensation for double sideband (DSB) subcarrier-multiplexed systems. We demonstrate compensation for RF power fading from 0 to 150 km for 8, 10 and 12 GHz, with received RF power in all cases flat to within 1 dB.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; compensation; fading; optical fiber communication; optical modulation; optical tuning; subcarrier multiplexing; 0 to 150 km; DSB subcarrier-multiplexed systems; RF power fading; distance-independent RF fading compensation; distance-independent RF power fading compensation; double sideband subcarrier-multiplexed system; nonlinearly-chirped fibre Bragg grating; phase diversity configuration; received RF power; tunable nonlinearly-chirped FBG; Arm; Bragg gratings; Delay effects; Fading; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical modulation; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-630-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2000.868329

Filename

868329