Title :
Suppression of optical harmonics in wavelength conversion using optical single-sideband modulator
Author :
Kawanishi, T. ; Izutsu, M.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Japan
Abstract :
For wavelength conversion using an optical SSB modulator, we proposed a novel technique for suppression of undesired harmonics, which gives the conventional theoretical limit of SNR, by feeding the fundamental and 3rd order harmonic rf-signals.
Keywords :
harmonics suppression; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; 3rd order harmonic rf-signals; WDM; fundamental harmonic rf-signals; optical harmonics suppression; optical single-sideband modulator; optical wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248560
