Title :
50-dB nonlinear crosstalk suppression in a WDM analog fiber system by complementary modulation and balanced detection
Author :
Wong, K. ; Marhic, M. ; Kazovsky, Leonid
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
By combining the previously-introduced modulated twin carriers technique with balanced detection, we have obtained up to 50-dB crosstalk reduction at low modulation frequencies, where crosstalk is the most severe, and in the most interesting region for cable television systems.
Keywords :
cable television; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; probes; television receivers; wavelength division multiplexing; 50 dB; WDM analog fiber system; cable television systems; modulated twin carriers technique; modulation frequency; nonlinear crosstalk suppression; Bit error rate; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248533
