• DocumentCode
    422342
  • Title

    SBS and nonlinearities reduction of analog optical links via polarization modulation

  • Author

    Hu, Eric S. ; Kalogerakis, Giorgos ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We propose using analog polarization modulation (PolM) to tackle SBS and nonlinearities due to amplitude modulation in analog optical links, e.g. HFC systems. Experimental results show that SBS threshold is improved compared to amplitude modulation (AM) systems.
  • Keywords
    amplitude modulation; hybrid fibre coax networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; HFC systems; SBS; amplitude modulation; analog optical links; analog polarization modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361841