ASK heterodyne receiver sensitivity measurements with two in-line 1.5 ?m optical amplifiers

A heterodyne amplitude shift keying configuration was used to evaluate the performance of resonant-type optical amplifiers in a coherent lightwave communication system. With two in-line amplifiers, each with a gain of 25 dB, the total loss between the transmitter and the receiver was 95 dB at 10-9 bit error rate. At a 100 Mbit/s data rate, the receiver sensitivity without amplifiers was -49.3 dBm. With two amplifiers the receiver sensitivity could be maintained at -49.0 dBm.     

Analysis and application of a novel model for estimating powerdissipation of optical interconnections as a function of transmissionbit error rate

This paper proposes a novel model for estimating power dissipation of optical/electrical interconnections as a function of transmission bit error rate. This model is applied to a simplified optoelectronic transmitter and receiver configuration in which a photodetector is directly connected to the decision circuit. It is analytically verified that this configuration can achieve error-free operation with low power under practical operating conditions. A comparison between optical and electrical interconnections based on this simplified configuration is performed. This result shows the interconnection length and bit rate at which optical interconnection is superior in terms of power dissipation to electrical interconnection, Only optical interconnections achieve error-free operation with 40 mW power dissipation at a transmission bit rate of 10 Gb/s and an interconnection length over 7 m     

相干通信系统中激光线宽与放大器个数问题

针对相干光通信系统中的零差探测系统中的科斯塔斯环对整个系统的相位误差影响问题进行了深入的理论研究。论文分析了接收机的灵敏度、功率分光比、掺铒光纤放大器的个数对激光器线宽的影响。在设定条件下,利用仿真得到了在比特率和误码率一定的条件下,激光器线宽与接收机的灵敏度、功率分光比、掺铒光纤放大器的个数之间的关系,对系统中激光器线宽控制有一定的参考作用。     

Reduction of bit error rate performance deterioration caused bystimulated Brillouin scattering in high-power CPFSK coherent opticaltransmission systems

The characteristic phenomena of demodulated waveform distortion and bit error rate (BER) performance deterioration caused by stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in CPFSK coherent optical transmission systems with erbium doped optical fibre booster amplifiers are investigated for the first time, experimentally. The effectiveness of reducing the BER deterioration by adjusting the threshold voltage bias of the decision circuit in a 2.5 Gbit/s heterodyne receiver is clarified     

Performance characterization of a closed-loop chaotic communication system including fiber transmission in dispersion shifted fibers

The transmission performance of an all-optical closed-loop chaotic communication system is numerically studied, assuming various span lengths of dispersion shifted fiber between transmitter and receiver. Calculation of the mean synchronization error and Q-factor values obtained from the corresponding eye diagrams has been carried out for two encoding methods (chaotic modulation and chaos shift keying) and two repetition rates (2.4 and 5 Gbps). It is shown that transmission impairments including chromatic dispersion, fiber nonlinearity, fiber losses, and amplified spontaneous emission noise of the inline amplifiers degrade significantly the synchronization quality especially when high-bit-rate message encoding is applied. The influence of key system parameters such as launched optical power, amplifier spacing, positive or negative dispersion, etc., to the transmission performance has been investigated. Acceptable system performance can be achieved for approximately 200 km at 2.4 Gbps.     

Modeling of penalties on chains of optical amplifiers withequalizing filters

A mathematical model for the calculation of optical signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on cascades of erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA's) with interposed equalizing filters in the fiber spans is presented. The model enables to simulate different types of cascade, whether the filters are placed after each amplifier or after any group of amplifiers. Criteria for the design of the optimal filter are presented for a typical configuration. The relation between preemphasis and penalty on SNR is studied, and for the first time to our knowledge it is shown that some asymmetry may arise when using in line optical filters. A study of the sensitivity of penalty at receiver toward preemphasis at transmitter based on the model is presented     

Optical fibers and amplifiers for WDM systems

The development of optical-fiber amplifiers allowed a dramatic increase in the capacity of optical transmission systems while reducing system costs. Capacity increases are possible because the high output powers afforded by optical-fiber amplifiers support higher bit rates, while their broad bandwidth and slow gain dynamics allow multichannel operation. This benefit comes at the expense of having to manage signal-to-noise ratio degradations due to the accumulation of amplifier noise and dispersion distortions accumulated over the total system link. Furthermore, nonlinear optical effects become significant with the use of high power signals over long lengths of fiber, causing cross talk among the different channels and increasing signal distortions. To fully exploit the potential capacity of wavelength division multiplexing systems, the optical characteristics of the fibers and optical-fiber amplifiers must be optimized. The optical amplifiers should have low noise and flat gain, which can be achieved by using 980-nm pump lasers, optimized fiber glass composition, and gain-flattening filters. The optical fibers should have a small nonzero dispersion and large effective area. Both features can be achieved by optimizing the fiber index profile. This paper summarizes the state of the art in these components and points to directions for future exploration     

Gain transient control for wavelength division multiplexed access networks using semiconductor optical amplifiers

Gain transients can severely hamper the upstream network performance in wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) access networks featuring erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) or Raman amplification. We experimentally demonstrate for the first time using 10 Gb/s fiber transmission bit error rate measurements how a near-saturated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) can be used to control these gain transients. An SOA is shown to reduce the penalty of transients originating in an EDFA from 2.3 dB to 0.2 dB for 10 Gb/s transmission over standard single mode fiber using a 2³¹–1 PRBS pattern. The results suggest that a single SOA integrated within a WDM receiver at the metro node could offer a convenient all-optical solution for upstream transient control in WDM access networks.     

Optimal source linewidth in a coherence multiplexed optical fibercommunications system

In a fiber-based coherence multiplexed (CM) system, fiber path lengths must be carefully controlled. In an extrinsic reference ladder (ERL) CM system, two optical fibers are required to connect the transmitter array to each receiver. The effect of differential length variations between these two fibers is examined and is found to have significant impact on carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR). It is determined that, for a given differential mismatch length, there is an optimum value of optical source linewidth which maximizes system multiplexing capacity. An expression for the SNR of a certain multichannel digital CM communications system is developed     

A general and rigorous WDM receiver model targeting 10-40-Gb/schannel bit rates

We present a general and rigorously formulated dynamic receiver model aiming at 10-40-Gb/s wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system design applications. A demultiplexing (DEMUX) characteristic with periodic transfer function has been treated in detail and it has been indicated how the model should be adjusted to take into consideration a general type of noise spectral density (NSD). The bit error ratio (BER) is evaluated accounting for the influence of non-Gaussian detected amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, noise correlation between stochastic noise samples in the receiver, the gain and effective noise figure variation with wavelength of optical amplifiers, channel crosstalk, and intersymbol interference (ISI) effects caused by nonideal signal modulation, fiber dispersion, fiber nonlinearities, optical MUX, and DEMUX filtering and the impulse response of the electrical low-pass filter in the receiver. Also, the influence of shot and thermal noise is taken into account. Numerical results for the BER are presented considering a realistic 16-channel 10-Gb/s WDM system operating in the C-band using normal transmission fibers and including cascaded erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) with dispersion compensating fibers     

Ultrahigh-Speed OTDM-Transmission Technology

This paper reviews ultrahigh-speed data transmission in optical fibers based on optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) transmission technology. Optical signal processing in the transmitter and receiver as well as the requirements on ultrahigh-speed data transmission over a fiber link are discussed. Finally, results of several OTDM-transmission experiments, including 160-Gb/s transmission over 4320 km, 1.28-Tb/s transmission over 240 km, and 2.56-Tb/s transmission over 160-km fiber link, are described     

Optimum Er3+-doped fiber amplifier design for optical AMvideo signal distribution systems

An investigation into the transmission characteristics of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for use in optical AM frequency division multiplexing (FDM) video distribution systems is reported. The output signal power and noise characteristics of erbium-doped fibers were measured for different fiber lengths and different pump powers. The experimental results confirm that there exists an optimum amplifier design which gives the maximum distribution number when the pump power and the required video quality are given     

Fiber amps and lasers get down to earth

Practical optical fiber devices, particularly erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), are poised to tap the tremendous bandwidth of optical fibers in next-generation lightwave transmission systems, while enhancing network flexibility and reliability. Optical fiber amplifiers have come a long way since the first demonstration of a neodymium-doped type by Snitzer and Koester in 1964. It was not until the mid-1980s, however, that researchers began to revitalize and extend the field of rare-earth doped fiber devices by combining the technologies of low-loss silica optical fibers, rare-earth doped lasers, and semiconductor pump sources. Later this year, they will be practically applied in a big way     

WDM transmission system performance: influence of non-Gaussiandetected ASE noise and periodic DEMUX characteristic

This paper presents the first unified wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission model for systems incorporating cascaded optical amplifiers and a realistic demultiplexing (DEMUX) characteristic with periodic transfer function. The bit error ratio (BER) is evaluated accounting in rigorous form for the influence of non-Gaussian detected amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, noise correlation between stochastic noise samples in the receiver, the bandwidth of the electrical receiver noise filter, the gain tilt and effective noise figure of optical amplifiers (with as well as without optical ASE noise filtering), channel crosstalk, signal extinction ratio and a one-or two-stage DEMUX implementation. The model is compared to the Gaussian receiver model in realistic design cases providing important information as to the validity of the Gaussian model. Practical design results indicate the link budget dependence on the DEMUX design and the ASE noise filtering     

对准误差对前置光放大卫星激光通信系统性能的影响

发射机及接收机的对准误差都会引起前置光放大卫星激光通信系统信号的衰落,在同时考虑发射机、接收机对准误差的条件下优化系统性能非常重要。将接收机对准误差引起的空间光耦合损耗用一个高斯函数近似,并同时考虑发射机对准误差引起的对准损耗,推导出了接收光功率概率密度的近似解析表达式,应用该概率密度函数,建立了基于平均误码率原则的前置光放大卫星激光通信系统的优化模型。仿真结果表明,在给定平均误码率要求及对准误差一定时,存在一个最佳发射光束宽度、接收天线直径及空间光耦合参数,使所需的发射功率最小,采用更大的接收天线并不能降低对发射功率的要求。     

Optical Interconnection Platform Composed of Fiber-Embedded Board, 90$^{circ}$-Bent Fiber Block, and 10-Gb/s Optical Module

An architecture of a passively assembled optical platform is suggested for a chip-to-chip optical interconnection system. The platform is constructed using all-fiber media for the optical paths: a fiber-embedded optical printed-circuit board (OPCB) and 90-bent fiber connector. The passive assembling was achieved by employing the guide pins/holes of commercialized ferrules in the optical link between the OPCB, 90-bent fiber connector, and the transmitter/receiver (Tx/Rx) module. From this interconnection scheme, a low total optical loss of was obtained. From an assembled platform with 10 Gb/s/ch 4 ch Tx/Rx modules, a 7-Gb/s/ch data transmission was demonstrated with a bit error rate below , involving the optical and electrical crosstalk arisen in the whole channel operation.     

Theoretical and experimental study of 10 Gb/s transmissionperformance using 1.55 μm LiNbO3-based transmitters withadjustable extinction ratio and chirp

This paper has experimentally and theoretically investigated transmission performance depending on chirping and extinction ratio for a 10 Gb/s transmission system with the standard single-mode fiber. The transmission performance can be dramatically degraded or improved by adjusting chirp and extinction ratio in a 1.55 μm LiNbO₃ modulator-based transmitter and erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA)-pin diode receiver configuration. To estimate the transmission performance, bit error rate (BER) characteristics rather than eye-opening penalty (EOP) have been calculated by solving the nonlinear Schrodinger equation with including the model of chirping and extinction ratio for the transmitter, and noise and intersymbol interference for the receiver. This simulation can predict the measured BER characteristics well enough to see interplaying between chirping and extinction ratio     

基于射频信号2阶零功率的链路色散测量技术

为了适应高速率大色散光纤信道对链路色散的精确补偿要求,研究并提出了一种基于射频信号2阶零功率点的信道色散测量方案。采用信号两边带的位相差来测量光纤链路中的色散值,通过在发射端加载射频信号,可以得到接收端射频信号功率大小随链路色散值的周期性变化关系,从仿真光纤链路色散随射频信号频率的变化曲线获得接收端射频信号2阶零功率点位置。结果表明,基于射频信号2阶零功率的信号测量方案色散测量误差可控制在±10ps/nm范围内。相较于1阶零功率点,基于射频信号2阶零功率点信道色散测量方案可满足高速率、长距离大色散光纤信道对色散值的精确测量需求。     

High-speed power-efficient indoor wireless infrared communication using code combining .II

For pt.I see ibid., vol.50, no.7, p.1098-1109 (2002). We examine an infrared link composed of a multibeam transmitter and a direction-diversity receiver, employing code combining. The latter represents an added dimension to the conventional diversity concepts, which are limited to combining the individual received symbols. Rate-compatible punctured convolutional codes are used to encode intensity-modulated on-off keying (OOK) optical power, to create an adaptive environment for efficient utilization of channel spectral bandwidth, to provide a means for accurate channel estimation, and to maintain a guaranteed bit error rate (BER) performance at all receiver positions. It is shown that a BER not exceeding 10/sup -9/ with 99% probability can be achieved at bit rates up to a few hundreds of megabits per second, at very low transmitted power levels.     

Attenuation and bit-rate limitations in LED/single-mode fibertransmission systems

In this analysis, distortion of the spectral distribution of the light due to the wavelength dependence of the loss in the fiber is taken into account. The computations show that the system performance of a given fiber type may be characterized by three parameters, one for attenuation and two for dispersion. The attenuation in the fiber may be modeled by an average attenuation per unit length, whereas the bit rate that limits the sensitivity degradation in the receiver due to intersymbol interference to less than 1 dB may be modeled by a bit-rate distance product and a constant bit rate valid for long lengths of fiber. As a design aid in system planning, diagrams showing the three parameters as functions of the diode center wavelength and the spectral width for typical single-mode fibers have been prepared