Optimum operating points for electroabsorption modulators in 10Gb/s transmission systems using nondispersion shifted fiber

The chirp, optical extinction ratio and insertion loss of an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) depend on the properties of the bulk or multiple-quantum-well absorption layer of the device and on the bias voltage and modulating voltage waveform. For 10 Gb/s transmission over nondispersion shifted fiber, joint optimization of the bias and modulation voltages is considered for five different EAM's. To comprehensively explore this issue, the measured dependence of the absorption and α-parameter on applied voltage is used to accurately model an EAM in a system simulator. The effects of group velocity dispersion and self-phase modulation arising from the Kerr nonlinearity are included to permit assessment of the dependence of the optimum bias and modulation voltages on the average transmitted optical power for a given fiber length. The improvement in receiver sensitivity, relative to that obtained with maximum optical extinction ratio, depends quite significantly on the transmitted optical power and the specific properties of the modulator. This makes it difficult to determine optimum operating conditions which apply generally     

Optimizing the bias and modulation voltages of MQW Mach-Zehndermodulators for 10 Gb/s transmission on nondispersion shifted fiber

The chirp and optical extinction ratio of a multiple quantum-well (MQW) Mach-Zehnder modulator depend on the device design and on the voltage waveforms applied to the arm electrodes. For 10 Gb/s transmission over nondispersion shifted fiber, joint optimization of the bias and modulation voltages is considered for a conventional modulator and a π-phase-shift modulator. Measured attenuation and phase constants for an optical signal propagating in the modulator waveguide are used to accurately model the Mach-Zehnder modulators. The influence of asymmetric Y-branch waveguides in the modulators is examined taking into consideration group velocity dispersion and self-phase modulation arising from the Kerr nonlinearity. When the modulators are operated with maximum optical extinction ratio, the dispersion limited transmission distance depends on the device design (phase-shift and Y-branch splitting ratio) and modulation format (dual drive or single drive). Optimization of the bias and modulation voltages reduces this dependence significantly, while also increasing the dispersion limited transmission distance     

Extending optical transmission distance in fiber wireless links using passive filtering in conjunction with optimized modulation

The authors demonstrate a simple passive technique for increasing the transmission distance in fiber wireless links through the application of a narrowband fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with high reflectivity (90-99%). They are applied in a conventional downstream link and also for the upstream in a wavelength-reused scheme. In the conventional nonwavelength-reused system, the grating is used to optimize the optical modulation depth and, hence, the receiver sensitivity in the downstream transmitted signal by reducing the power of the optical carrier before fiber transmission. In the wavelength-reused systems, the highly reflective FBGs can be effectively used at the base stations to recover a major portion of the optical carrier (as high as 99% of the downlink carrier) for uplink transmission from a weakly modulated downstream signal. In the latter case, the penalty in the downstream signal due to the large extraction of carrier power is partially offset by the sensitivity enhancement obtained in the filtering process. The authors present experimental results for the increased transmission performance for both the nonwavelength-reused and wavelength-reused scenarios. The increase in the sensitivity (at biterrorrate=10/sup -9/) in the nonwavelength-reused scheme for a given launch channel power that facilitates the increased transmission distance can be as large as 7 dB. The relative increase in the power margin for the upstream signal can be up to 4 dB in the wavelength-reused scheme. This would more than double the currently demonstrated transmission distances in such wavelength-reused systems without any optical amplification. The scheme is applicable to a wide range of radio frequencies and modulation depths.     

一种载边比可调单边带全双工光载无线系统

理论分析了一种基于双平行马赫曾德尔调制器(MZM)的2倍频光单边带调制方案,仿真研究了基于该方案的载波重用全双工光载无线(RoF)通信系统性能.合理设置射频驱动信号相移及双平行MZM主调制器偏置电压产生单边带信号,再调整调制指数以实现光载边比ROCS的连续可调谐.讨论了射频信号相移、主调制器偏置电压、双平行MZM消光比...     

A lithium niobate light modulator for fiber optical communications

An electrooptic intensity modulator using lithium niobate has been developed for applications in binary fiber optical digital communications at the wavelength of 1.06 µm. We have shown that many shortcomings generally associated with electro-optic modulators can be surmounted. The modulator was driven by a compact transistor amplifier, temperature dependence of the static birefringence was minimized, and the optical bias was made adjustable by a dc voltage superposed on the signal. The modulator has been operated at 70-Mb/s pulse rate and 100-percent modulation, its extinction ratio is better than 40 to 1 and the optical insertion loss is about 1 dB.     

SCM/WDM系统中抑制载波的光学单边带调制技术

为了有效抑制SCM/WDM光纤通信系统中的群速度色散和非线性效应,利用SCM/WDM光纤通信系统中信号经过两次调制这一特性,提出了一种在SCM/WDM系统中容易实现的抑制载波的光学单边带调制技术。抑制载波的光学单边带调制信号具有很大的调制深度,即通过抑制载波可以有效的增大了调制深度,进而可以减小调制器的外加电压升高而激发的一系列有害的非线性效应。实测的调制信号的频谱只剩下了半个边频,有效地减小了光信号的频带宽度,从而可以有效地减小群速度色散对信号的劣化。接收机灵敏度的实测图表明,利用文中所述的抑制载波的光学单边带调制技术可以有效地提高接收机的灵敏度达3-5dB。     

多速率接收及时钟数据恢复光纤激光传输实验研究

基于84km光传输链路,对L波段光纤激光器进行了多速率接收及时钟数据恢复实验。采用伪随机序列非归零(NRZ)码、高性能LiNbO3电光晶体调制器,调制速率从622Mb/s到2.7Gb/s。实验所用光纤激光器输出中心波长1 610.28nm,线宽0.1nm,边模抑制比大于45dB,输出功率稳定性优于0.02dB。对多速率接收眼图进行了测试,其各速率信号眼图张开度好、眼皮厚度小,结果表明测试系统无码间干扰和信号畸变,信号的信噪比较高。在误码率为10-12时,接收灵敏度可达到-30.62dBm,过载光功率为-4.1dBm。分析了影响系统传输质量的因素,研究了高速率下信号与时钟恢复后不同步的问题。     

新型光纤信号调制器

在对光纤回波损耗研究的基础上，设计了一种基于多光束干涉效应的新型光纤信号调制器。实验中，利用两光纤端面间的多光束干涉作用，通过压电陶瓷控制两光纤端面的振荡距离，从而在输出端得到被调制过的光信号。这种光纤信号调制器主要针对信号振幅调制，调制比约为10％，信噪比约为60dB，带宽约为200kHz。该调制器展现了一种新颖的设计思路，可应用于光纤传输信号的调幅及光纤光源交流和脉冲信号的输出等。     

一种改进的载波抑制调制光毫米波信号的产生方案

为了克服光纤无线(ROF)系统中色散对光载波抑制(OCS)调制光毫米波信号传输的影响,提出一种改进的OCS调制方案。使用双驱动马赫-曾德尔调制器(MZM),通过调整两路输入射频信号相位、基带信号增益和直流偏置电压将2.5Gbit/s数据信号仅调制到(OCS)信号的一个边带上传输。理论分析表明,与传统OCS调制光毫米波信号产生方案相比,本文方案解决了色度色散引起的码元走离问题,大大增加了传输距离。仿真实验结果表明,经过110km光纤传输后信号的眼图仍然十分清晰,在BER=10-10条件下,信号经过20、40和60km光纤传输后的功率代价分别为0.78、1.7和1.9dB。     

一种基于并级联MZM的20倍频光生毫米波方案

为进一步提高光载无线通信(radio over fiber,ROF)系统中光生毫米波的倍频系数,提出了一种基于4个马赫-曾德尔调制器(Mach-Zehnder modulator,MZM)共同作用的20倍频毫米波信号产生方案。推导了理想情况下倍频方案的产生机理,在仿真实验中,分别分析了非理想因素下调制器直流偏置电压漂移、调制指数、消光比等对系统性能的影响,结果显示,当合理设置各参数的取值范围,其光边带抑制比(optical sideband suppression ratio,OSSR)和射频杂散抑制比(radio frequency spurious sideband suppression ratio,RFSSR)的饱和值高达33.20 dB和27.21 dB;针对基于此倍频方案的ROF系统,对比分析了2.5 Gbit/s数据信号的单双边带调制两种不同传输方式,仿真结果表明,当光纤距离为40 km时,单边带依旧可达无差错传输,降低了传输过程中码间走离效应的影响,增加了系统的传输距离,更适合远距离传输,为微波光子学的发展提供了一种理论依据。     

啁啾管理调制格式在高速接入网中传输分析

物联网、虚拟现实及人工智能等技术的发展加大了对光纤接入无源光网络带宽的需求,其中调制器成为制约无源光网络带宽的关键因素。结合了直接调制激光器和外调制器各自优势的啁啾管理激光器以产生结构简单、便于集成等特点受到了广泛关注。采用耦合速率方程理论研究了啁啾管理激光器的动力学特性,分析了40 Gbit/s啁啾管理调制格式的产生原理及时频域特性,并在高速无色散补偿接入网中与由外调制器产生的40 Gbit/s非归零调制格式进行了性能对比。结果表明,带宽为48.5 GHz的40 Gbit/s啁啾管理调制格式在1 dB灵敏度代价下所对应的色散容限为215 ps/nm,与非归零调制格式相比其无色散补偿传输距离增加了1.6倍,表现出了强的抗色散能力,在高速接入网中也体现了较高的应用价值。相关结果可为实际系统设计提供理论参考。     

一种克服色度色散影响的四倍频光毫米波信号产生方法

提出一种克服色度色散影响的四倍频光毫米波信号产生方法。该方法使用一个双驱动马赫曾德尔调制器,通过调整上、下两路射频信号的相位差、直流偏置点、调制系数以及基带信号增益,将数据信号仅调制到四倍频光毫米波信号的一个2阶边带上传输,解决了色度色散引起的码元走离问题,有效增加了传输距离。理论分析和仿真实验结果表明,信号在光纤中传输120 km后眼图仍然十分清晰,经过60 km传输后的功率代价约为0.45 dB。另外,基于频率再用技术,没有调制数据的另一个2阶边带信号还可以作为全双工光纤无线通信(RoF)系统的上行链路光载波,简化了基站配置。仿真实验结果表明,双向2.5 Gbit/s数据信号在光纤中传输40 km后,功率代价小于0.6 dB。     

A modulation scheme for 100 Gb/s modified minimum-shift keying format based on imbalanced bias in IQ components

We propose a modified minimum-shift keying (MSK) modulation scheme by applying the imbalanced bias on the in-phase and quadrature components of a MZM-based MSK modulator. This scheme enables constant envelope and continuous temporal phase shift of 100 Gb/s optical MSK signal by driving the MZMs with traditional sinusoidal signal instead of triangle signal. The principle of generating the optical MSK signal by this imbalanced scheme is presented. Theoretical analysis is given to modulated spectra, BER performance, residual dispersion tolerance and SPM tolerance. It is demonstrated that compared to the existing solutions the proposed scheme is able to decrease 2 dB receiver power penalty and improve SPM tolerance by 2 dB.     

Theoretical analysis of self-phase modulation effect on different parameters in optical transmission system

In this paper, we have described the improvement in performance parameters such as quality factor, bit error rate, threshold, eye height and mitigation of self-phase modulation effect on power spectrum at 10 Gbps optical transmission system. We have also analyzed the power content with and without SPM effect with the help of power meter at receiver side. Numerical simulation shows record quality factor of 3.47 from reflected output. We have investigated the different parameters by optimizing OSNR, extinction ratio, pulse mode dispersion coefficient, extinction ratio, optical dispersion, wavelength and dark current with the help of eye diagrams and different optimized OSNR values. This study demonstrates the possibility of increasing the transmission reaching from 3500 to more than 6000 km at 10 Gbps using 100- and 120-km spans for a long-distance transmission.

     

一种高速光纤声光调制器

该文介绍了应用于光纤传感系统中的高速光纤声光调制器的设计和应用。分析了影响光纤声光调制器调制速度的因素,介绍了高速光纤声光调制器的设计方法。最后采用氧化碲(TeO_2)晶体和小束腰光纤准直器得到工作波长1 550nm、光脉冲上升时间23.9ns、插入损耗2.9dB、通断消光比53dB的高速光纤声光调制器。     

40-Gb/s tandem electroabsorption modulator

In this letter, we have developed a tandem electroabsorption modulator with an integrated semiconductor optical amplifier that is capable of both nonreturn-to-zero and return-to-zero (RZ) data transmission at 40 Gb/s. The tandem modulator consists of a broad-band data encoder and a narrow-band pulse carver. The pulse carver is able to produce 5-ps pulses with more than 20 dB of extinction. The on-chip semiconductor optical amplifier provides up to 8.5 dB of fiber-to-fiber gain and enables the modulator to be operated with zero insertion loss. Devices have been realized with greater than 40-GHz bandwidth, and 13-dB dynamic extinction for a 2.5-V swing. For optimized designs bandwidths of nearly 60 GHz: have been realized. Using these devices penalty free RZ data transmission over a 100-kin dispersion compensated fiber link has been demonstrated with a received power sensitivity of -29 dBm     

Modulation and demodulation techniques in optical heterodyne PSKtransmission systems

Modulation and demodulation techniques are described for an optical PSK heterodyne transmission system operating at 560 Mb/s and 1.2 Gb/s. Performance limitations affecting the receiver sensitivity in a 1.2-Gb/s DPSK system, such as laser phase noise, phase modulation depth, IF center frequency deviation, and local laser power, are studied. High receiver sensitivities for PSK systems were achieved. The applicability of the Mach-Zehnder modulator as a phase modulator for 1.2-Gb/s DPSK is also demonstrated. A 1.2-Gb/s DPSK transmission of over 100 km, using polarization diversity with novel polarization-insensitive automatic frequency control in an attempt to overcome signal fading caused by polarization fluctuation in the transmitting fiber, is also described. A receiver sensitivity of less than -42.8 dBm and varying within 1.4 dB for all states of polarization was achieved. A multichannel high-definition TV (HDTV) transmission experiment using a DPSK polarization-diversity tunable receiver is described     

基于PM 的多功能超宽带调制技术的研究

基于相位调制器(PM)级联高斯带通滤波器,提出了一种超宽带(UWB)多功能调制方案,可以实现通断键控(OOK)、脉冲极性调制(PBM)和脉冲形状调制(PSM)。该方案结构简单,只需单个光源,利用率较高,仅改变比特序列发生器(BSG)的编码就可实现三种UWB调制格式间的灵活切换;产生的三种信号只包含一个波长,在光纤中传输时无需复杂的非线性控制和色散管理。使用光通信软件Optisystem进行模拟,研究了光源功率、调制速率以及两支路PM和滤波器系统误差的影响,对OOK、PBM和PSM信号的传输性能进行了分析。结果表明,光源功率和调制速率在一定范围内变化时,可以获得性能最佳的UWB调制信号。     

Effect of hole pile-up at heterointerface on modulation voltage in GaInAsP electroabsorption modulators

Input optical power dependence of the modulation voltage for GaInAsP electroabsorption modulators is studied. It is shown that the photogenerated hole pile-up at a heterointerface induces the increase of modulation voltage for the same extinction ratio with increasing the input optical power. The effect of the hole pile-up was greatly reduced in the new structure with the buffer layer of intermediate bandgap between the GaInAsP waveguide and InP upper clad layers.<>     

Linear 0.20 GHz modulation with a 1×2 directional coupler

The design and performance of a traveling-wave 1×2 directional coupler modulator are described. A 0-20 GHz response (-4 dB _e) was achieved for Ti:LiNbO₃ devices at the 1.3-μm wavelength. From experimental determinations of coupling coefficient and interarm intrinsic phase-mismatch for several modulators, linear dynamic ranges of, on average, 78 dB and voltage sensitivities of down to 9 μV are determined (for 1-mW detector power, 3-kHz bandwidth, 50-Ω detector load). The dependence of sensitivity on the coupling coefficient is described, and the effect of the buffer layer thickness on the optical bandwidth and sensitivity is demonstrated