Grating compensation of third-order fiber dispersion

Subpicosecond optical pulses propagating in single-mode fibers are severely distorted by third-order dispersion even at the fiber's zero-dispersion wavelength (λ₀). Using cross-correlation techniques, the authors measured the broadening of a 100-fs pulse to more than 5 ps after passing through 400 m of fiber near λ₀. The measured asymmetric and oscillatory pulse shape is in agreement with calculations. A grating and telescope apparatus was configured to simultaneously equalize both third- and second-order dispersion for wavelengths slightly longer than λ ₀. Nearly complete compensation has been demonstrated for fiber lengths of 400 m and 3 km of dispersion-shifted fiber at wavelengths of 1560-1580 nm. For the longer fibers, fourth-order dispersion due to the grating becomes important     

Guided-wave optical equalizer with α-power chirped grating

A theoretical investigation of a guided-wave optical equalizer with an α-power chirped grating is presented. A group delay dispersion of 3700 ps/nm can be obtained at λ=1.55 μm by a chirped grating with α=0.3. It is shown that the chromatic dispersion of 200 km of a fiber whose zero-dispersion wavelength is located at 1.3 μm can be compensated at 1.55 μm to achieve up to 10 GHz signal bandwidth     

Recompression of pulses broadened by transmission through 10 km ofnon-dispersion-shifted fiber at 1.55 μm using 40-mm-long opticalfiber Bragg gratings with tunable chirp and central wavelength

A 40-mm-long fiber Bragg grating with both tunable chirp and central wavelength is used to recompress pulses broadened by transmission through 10.0 km of non-dispersion-shifted fiber at 1.542 μm. 4.0-ps transform-limited pulses having an optical bandwidth of greater than 1 nm were broadened to 230 ps, and recompressed to 12 ps, showing compensation of 95% of the fiber dispersion     

Over 1000 km FSK heterodyne transmission system experiment usingerbium-doped optical fiber amplifiers and conventional single-modefibers

The influence of spontaneous emission noise on coherent transmission systems using multistage erbium-doped optical fiber amplifiers is experimentally examined. A frequency-shift keying (FSK) heterodyne transmission experiment was successfully performed at 560 Mb/s through 1028 km of fiber using ten cascaded fiber amplifiers and conventional single-mode fibers with a zero dispersion wavelength of around 1.3 μm. In the experiment, no transmission penalty due to accumulated spontaneous emission noise or to fiber chromatic dispersion was observed     

Broad-band mid-span spectral inversion without wavelength shift of1.7-ps optical pulses using a highly nonlinear fiber Sagnacinterferometer

We demonstrate broad-band mid-span spectral inversion without wavelength shift of short optical pulses using a highly nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer. The 1.55-μm optical pulses with a 1.7-ps pulsewidth are transmitted over 40 km of standard fiber, showing the suitability of this technique for broad-bandwidth second-order dispersion compensation in high-bit-rate optical fiber transmission systems     

Compensation of fibre chromatic dispersion in optical heterodynedetection

Compensation of fibre chromatic dispersion in coherent optical fibre transmission is demonstrated. The chromatic dispersion of a 70 km single-mode fibre with 1.3 μm zero dispersion wavelength is compensated for using a microstrip line equaliser in the intermediate frequency band. Amplitude distortion due to fibre chromatic dispersion at 1.55 μm wave-length is reduced to below 2.5 % with the equaliser     

10-Gb/s optical transmission up to 253 km via standard single-modefiber using the method of dispersion-supported transmission

Using the new method of dispersion-supported transmission, 10 Gb/s signals at 1.53 μm wavelength are transmitted on standard single-mode fiber with zero dispersion at 1.3 μm via the record length of 253 km without in-line regeneration. Detailed experiments with a directly modulated laser demonstrate the system performance for different fiber lengths ranging from 0 up to 253 km     

一种新型的光纤光栅可调整偏振模色散补偿器

文章提出一种基于磁场变化对均匀周期光纤光栅(FBG)引入线性啁啾的特性来实现可调整偏振模色散(PMD)补偿的技术。这种全光型PMD补偿技术在实现调整的同时能保持中心波长固定不变，而且能够灵活方便地实现不同的微分群时延量(DGD)。针对10Gbit／s非归fig(NRZ)传输系统，采用这种技术对进行PMD补偿的模拟计算结果表明，接收信号的眼图在补偿后得到了显著改善。     

Chromatic dispersion compensation in coherent opticalcommunications

Chromatic dispersion compensation techniques in coherent transmission systems are reviewed and discussed for potential feasibility. The key compensation device is the wideband delay equalizer. It is shown that stripline-type delay equalizers have the potential for compensating distortion up to 10 Gb/s using a conventional 1.3-μm zero-dispersion single-mode fiber at 1.5 μm. Chromatic dispersion is successfully compensated with a stripline delay for CPFSK transmission at 4 and 6 Gb/s over 200 km of 1.3-μm zero-dispersion single-mode fiber at 1.55 μm. The bandwidth requirement of the compensation techniques for heterodyne detection is more than 10 GHz. However, it is difficult to realize such broadband receivers. Therefore, phase diversity detection with dispersion compensation is a promising scheme     

Semiconductor photonic functional devices

Recent advances in semiconductor photonic functional devices based on the nonlinearities of laser diodes (LDs) are reviewed. Because the current research is driven primarily by the needs of optical fiber communications systems, most devices are made of InGaAsP and operate at wavelengths of between 1.3 and 1.55 μm, the wavelength window in which optical fibers have their most favorable properties. Minimum loss is at 1.55 μm, and zero dispersion is at 1.3 μm. AlGaAs devices operating at around 0.85 μm have also been reported. Two types of optical bistability-absorptive and dispersive-are explained, and devices based on them are described. Switching characteristics of bistable devices are discussed. Tunable wavelength converters and filters are also examined. Applications to all-optical communication and to optical switching systems are considered. Directions for future development are indicated     

Temperature-dependent Sellmeier coefficients and chromaticdispersions for some optical fiber glasses

Temperature-dependent Sellmeier coefficients are necessary to optimize optical design parameters of the optical fiber transmission system. These coefficients are calculated for fused silica (SiO₂ ), aluminosilicate, and Vycor glasses for the first time to find the temperature dependence of chromatic dispersion at any wavelength from UV to 1.7 μm. The zero dispersion wavelength λ₀ (1.273 μm for SiO₂, 1.393 μm for aluminosilicate, and 1.265 μm for Vycor glasses at 26°C) varies linearly with temperature, and dλ₀/dT is 0.03 nm/K for aluminosilicate and Vycor glasses, whereas for SiO₂ it is 0.025 nm/K. This study interprets the recently observed experimental value of dλ₀/dT for two dispersion shifted optical fibers; and the dominantly material origin of dλ₀/dT is confirmed here as a fundamental property of the optical fiber glasses     

Optical PSK synchronous heterodyne detection transmissionexperiment using fiber chromatic dispersion equalization

This letter demonstrates an 8-Gb/s optical PSK (phase shift keying) synchronous detection transmission experiment using external cavity laser diodes. A 188-km 1.3-μm zero-dispersion fiber is used as the transmission medium at the wavelength of 1.55 μm. Fiber chromatic dispersion is successfully compensated with a microstrip-line delay equalizer     

基于非线性啁啾光栅和波长扫描的ROF系统

为了降低光信号在不同传输距离产生的色散对光载射频(ROF)(光载无线电)传输系统的信号质量的影响,提出了一种基于静态非线性啁啾光纤光栅(NLCFBG)和动态波长扫描相结合的可调谐色散补偿ROF传输系统方案。在对所提出系统方案进行理论分析的基础上制作了NLCFBG,并对ROF传输中的可调谐色散效果进行半实物仿真,分析和比较了有无光栅色散补偿时系统的传输性能;验证了此方案对不同传输距离、不同激光频率以及不同射频载波频率的光纤传输系统色散补偿性能。     

Negative-chirp electroabsorption modulator using low-wavelengthdetuning

The negative chirp of an electroabsorption modulator having an α-parameter value of 0 to -0.5, at an input light wavelength of 1.55-1.56 μm, has been developed by optimizing the bandgap energy of an InGaAsP bulk absorption layer. We have demonstrated successful transmission with 10 Gb/s NRZ modulation over a 100-km span of standard fiber without resort to dispersion compensation     

Long-span single-mode fiber transmission characteristics in long wavelength regions

Experimental and analytical results on high-speed optical pulse transmission characteristics for long-span single-mode fibers by using InGaAsP lasers, emitting at 1.1, 1.3, and 1.5 μm, as well as a Ge-APD are reported. At 1.1 μm, 400 Mbit/s transmission experiments were successfully carried out with 20 km repeater spacing. At 1.3 μm, where single-mode fiber dispersions approach zero, error rate characteristics showed that optical power penalties at 100 Mbits/s and 1.2 Gbits/s are negligible even after 30 and 23 km fiber transmission, respectively. It was confirmed that a 1.6 Gbit/s transmission system has 15 km repeater spacing. At 1.5 μm, where silica fibers have ultimately minimum loss, single-mode fiber transmission experiments were carried out at 100 Mbits/s with about 30 km repeater spacing. 400 Mbit/s transmission characteristics using 20 km fibers were also studied. Fiber bandwidths, measured by optical pulse broadenings after 20 km transmission, were 24, 140, and 37 GHz . km . nm at 1.1, 1.3, and 1.5 μm, respectively. Progress in lasers, fibers, and optical delay equalizers at 1.5μm will bring about large-capacity transmission systems having about 150 km repeater spacing. These results reveal fiber dispersion characteristics in the long wavelength region essential to high data rate single-mode fiber transmission system design.     

Gigabit single-mode fiber transmission using 1.3-µm edge-emitting LEDs for broad-band subscriber loops

This paper describes gigabit single-mode fiber transmission using 1.3-μm edge-emitting LED's for broad-band subscriber loops, focusing on a method of calculation for maximum transmission distance and 1.2-Gbit/s and 600-Mbit/s transmission experiments. Gigabit single-mode fiber transmission is necessary for subscriber loops, especially in broad-band ISDN and optical CATV systems. Edgeemitting LED's are excellent light sources because of their high power launched into the fiber compared with surface-emitting LED's, and currently lower cost and higher reliability than laser diodes. The maximum transmission distance is carefully estimated by taking into account the wavelength dependence for both chromatic dispersion and loss of the single-mode fiber, and the possibility of gigabit transmission near the dispersion free wavelength 1.3 μm, is confirmed. Encouraged by the above results, we demonstrate 1.2-Gbi,t/s 10-km and 600-Mbit/s 20-km transmission experiments using a newly developed 1.3-μm edge-emitting LED and a new driver circuit with a simple response compensation circuit. These results show the proposed calculation method and the LED response compensation circuit to be powerful tools for the realization of low-cost gigabit single-mode fiber transmission using edge-emitting LED's.     

Fiber Bragg gratings for dispersion compensation in transmission:theoretical model and design criteria for nearly ideal pulserecompression

We propose a transmission-based dispersion compensator employing an apodized, unchirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG). A theoretical model for dispersion compensation in transmission based on the dispersive properties of the periodic structure is developed. A figure of merit is defined for optimization of the grating parameters for maximum recompression of dispersion-broadened optical pulses in long-haul communication systems. Numerical examples confirm that nearly perfect compensation with very low insertion losses can be achieved for many practical cases of interest     

Optimum index profile of the perfluorinated polymer-based GIpolymer optical fiber and its dispersion properties

The significant advantages in bandwidth and low material dispersion of perfluorinated (PF) polymer-based graded-index polymer optical fiber (GI POF) are theoretically and experimentally reported for the first time. It is confirmed that the low attenuation and low material dispersion of the PF polymer enables 1 Gb/s km and 10 Gb/s km transmission at 0.85-μm and 1.3-μm wavelengths, respectively. The PF polymer-based CI POF has very low material dispersion (0.0055 ns/nm·km at 0.85 μm), compared with those of the conventional PMMA-based POF and of multimode silica fiber (0.0084 ns/nm km at 0.85 μm). Since the PF polymer-based GI POF has low attenuation from the visible to near infrared region, not only the 0.65-μm wavelength which is in the low attenuation window of the PMMA-based GI POF, but other wavelengths such as 0.85-μm or 1.3-μm etc. can be adopted for the transmission wavelength. It is clarified in this paper that the wavelength dependence of the optimum index profile shape of the PF polymer-based GI POF is very small, compared to the optimum index profile shape of the silica-based multimode fiber. As a result, the PF polymer-based GI POF has greater tolerance in index profile variation for higher speed transmission than multimode silica fiber. The impulse response function of the PF polymer-based GI POF was accurately analyzed from the measured refractive index profile using a Wentzel, Kramers, Brillouin (WKB) numerical computation method. By considering all dispersion factors involving the profile dispersion, predicted bandwidth characteristic of the PF polymer-based GI POF agreed well with that experimentally measured     

高双折射取样啁啾光纤光栅的研究与应用

为实现高速光纤通信系统中的偏振模色散(PMD)补偿,提出了基于高双折射线性啁啾光纤光栅(Hi-BiLCFBG)的线性应变梯度悬臂梁作为PMD补偿器,同时考虑到波分复用(WDM)系统中不同信道PMD值不同,提出了取样啁啾(CSP)与周期啁啾(CGP)的等效,利用带有CSP的高双折射取样光纤光栅(Hi-Bi SFBG)制成多信道PMD补偿器,不同信道等效的啁啾系数不同,从而可同时实现多个信道的PMD补偿。实验中,实现了40Gb/s的传输系统中最大58.6 ps的差分群时延(DGD)补偿,补偿后,信号眼图张开度有明显改善,从而证明了该PMD补偿器的有效性与可行性。     

宽带可调谐光纤光栅色散补偿器系统设计

文章提出一种在光纤光栅自身热膨胀效应产生啁啾的基础上,利用铝片热膨胀系数比较高的特点产生应力来增强光纤光栅啁啾,从而实现了宽带、大范围色散调谐的新型光纤光栅色散补偿器。该色散补偿器能够分别对群速度色散及中心波长独立调谐。实验结果表明,在中心波长为1 551.25nm处,能够实现>1.5nm的色散补偿带宽,-350～-690ps/nm的群时延色散调谐范围;在色散为-660ps/nm情况下,能够实现中心波长1nm的偏移。