Erbium-doped fiber amplifier for video distribution networks

The possibility of an application of Er-doped fiber amplifiers to AM-FDM (frequency division multiplexing) or FM-FDM video distribution networks is discussed. The measured noise and modulation distortion properties of ER-doped fiber amplifiers are good enough to meet even the severe quality standards set for trunk lines. A carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) of 57 dB for an AM-FDM transmission was measured. A second-order harmonic distortion (HD2) of less than -56 dB was measured by the monotone method (modulation depth m=50%), and a cross modulation distortion (XM) of less than -63 dB was measured by the two-tone method (m=25%×channel). On the basis of these values, composite second-order distortion (CSO) and XM in a 40-channel transmission were estimated as less than -57 dB and -73 dB, respectively. Significant reduction of noise and modulation distortion is made possible by optimizing the length of Er-doped fiber amplifiers and using input- and output-port isolators     

采用喇曼光纤放大器的长距离光纤传输系统中双重瑞利散射噪声的抑制

本文研究了在长距离光纤通信系统中,采用多级喇曼光纤放大器的情况下,双重瑞利散射波的产生和放大过程,提出了采用在喇曼光纤放大器中加入隔离器的办法进行双重瑞利散射噪声抑制。比较信号和双重瑞利散射噪声在入隔离器前后沿传输光纤的功率变化,加入隔离器以后,双重瑞利散射噪声得到了有效地抑制,而信号所受的影响不大。     

Reduction of dispersion-induced distortion in SCM transmissionsystems by using predistortion-linearized MQW-EA modulators

The application of low-chirp MQW (multiquantum well)-EA (electro-absorption) modulators to subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) optical transmission systems is studied. The authors show that a third-order predistortion circuit is feasible for compensating the nonlinearity of this type of modulator. The degree of frequency chirping per optical intensity modulation depth of the modulator is theoretically determined to be about 1.4 MHz. A 42-channel AM-SCM signal transmitter with the predistortion circuit realizes both composite second-order distortion (CSO) and composite triple beat distortion (CTB) values under -57 dBc after 200-km-long transmission. The authors confirm dispersion-induced distortion of the MQW-EA modulator is as small as that of the LiNbO₃ modulator. Carrier-to-noise ratios (CNRs) of 45.2 dB for channel 1 and 43.8 dB for channel 42 were measured after 100 km transmission. It is found that the deterioration of a CNR is caused by the cascaded erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), Rayleigh backscattered power and the optical phase noise. Theoretical CNRs show that the output power of the modulator should be higher to improve CNR     

Novel coherent heterodyne optical time domain reflectometry forfault localization of optical amplifier submarine cable systems

A coherent, heterodyne-detection, optical time-domain reflectometry technique suitable for an all-optical repeater system is proposed. Rayleigh backscatter measurement through a 309-km bidirectional optical transmission line with six cascaded in-line semiconductor laser amplifiers is demonstrated using this technique. The possibility of fault localization on an optical amplifier system with optical isolators is shown     

279 km, 591 Mb/s direct detection transmission experiment usingfour in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers

The authors realized a direct detection intensity-modulation system experiment with four cascaded in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers. Using optical isolators between the amplifiers, they transmitted a NRZ 2²³-1 message over a distance of 279 km at a bit rate of 591.2 Mb/s. A comparison of this result with parallel experiments without optical isolators indicates that for a realistic implementation of long distance systems with semiconductor optical amplifiers, interamplifier optical isolators will be needed unless the residual facet reflectivity of the optical amplifiers is brought to a very low value (<1×10^-4)     

Cumulative waveform distortion in cascaded optical amplifierrepeaters for multigigabit IM/DD systems

An analysis was conducted of a cumulative pattern-dependent waveform distortion in cascaded semiconductor laser and Er³⁺-doped fiber amplifiers. At 2.5 Gb/s, cumulative waveform distortion limits the number of cascaded amplifiers to about 20 for the semiconductor amplifiers. The Er³⁺-doped fiber amplifier is relatively unaffected-over 100 stages can be cascaded. The Er³⁺ amplifier is seen to be the better choice for long-haul multigigabit systems     

采用级连反向泵浦喇曼光纤放大器的长距离光纤传输系统中双重瑞利散射噪声的抑制

给出了反向泵浦喇曼光纤放大器中信号和双重瑞利散射噪声的计算方法,分析了双重瑞利散射噪声的特性,计算了采用光隔离器进行双重瑞利散射噪声抑制时,光隔离器的最佳位置。研究了使用多级反向泵浦喇曼光纤放大器的1080km光纤通信系统的传输特性,比较了信号和双重瑞利散射噪声在加入光隔离器前后沿传输光纤的功率变化。加入光隔离器以后,信号所受的影响不大,但双重瑞利散射噪声能得到有效抑制,可减少约三个数量级。1     

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     

Detailed dynamic model for semiconductor optical amplifiers andtheir crosstalk and intermodulation distortion

An advanced dynamic model for multisection semiconductor optical amplifiers is presented. It accounts for the carrier and field distributions in the longitudinal direction as well as for the facet reflectivities. The model can handle arbitrary time-varying input signals and current modulations. The model is used to assess intermodulation distortion and crosstalk. Cascaded amplifiers are considered, and the crosstalk and intermodulation distortion due to cascaded amplifiers are found to accumulate by adding together in amplitude; this may limit the number or cascaded amplifiers in multichannel systems. Carrier-induced nonlinearities depend strongly on facet reflectivities; for 25 dB of single-pass gain, a reflectivity of 5×10^-4 will result in 3 dB excess distortion. Reduction of intermodulation distortion by use of multisection amplifiers is found to be possible only for small channel separations (<300 MHz). Simulations of 11-channel amplification showed a reduction of 13 dB in intermodulation distortion when random-phase optical carriers are applied     

OTDR in optical transmission systems using Er-doped fiber amplifiers containing optical circulators

Fault location in optical amplifier transmission systems is described. Optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) cannot be used for an optical transmission line containing traditional Er-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) because they contain optical isolators. The authors propose an OTDR scheme that uses new EDFAs containing optical circulators and return transmission lines. The new EDFAs support both OTDR and digital signal transmission. A 280.9 km transmission line containing three of the proposed EDFAs was constructed and tested. Experimental results demonstrated the feasibility of OTDR fault location and 1.8-Gb/s digital signal transmission.<>     

Optimum configuration for cascaded fiber amplifiers in attenuationlimited transmission systems

Fiber amplifiers play an important part in optical transmission systems to overcome the impact of attenuation. Together with the transmitter and receiver the positions of amplifiers on the optical path as well as the design of the amplifiers itself determine the bit error probability of the digital communication link. We present a simple method how to derive the optimum configuration for an optical transmission link with cascaded fiber amplifiers for an attenuation limited system. The bit error probability is calculated in dependence of the positions of the line amplifiers and the lengths of the doped fibers for systems with and without booster and optical preamplifier. In a first step we search the optimum configuration by numerical minimization of the bit error probability for a given transmission length, transmitter power and optical receiver. We have found a very simple rule how to determine the lengths of the transmission fibers and the doped fibers of the amplifiers for the minimum bit error probability when the length of the first transmission fiber is given. Therefore, the search for the optimum configuration reduces to the search of the appropriate length of the first transmission fiber which results in an enormous reduction of computing effort. We have investigated the effect on the bit error probability when one deviates from the optimum configuration. For the case, when the transmission length is reduced me have found that the bit error probability decreases always, when the lengths of the single transmission fibers are cut     

A study of green wavelength-division multiplexed optical communication systems using cascaded fiber bragg grating

This paper studies the performance analysis of wavelength-division multiplexed optical communication systems (WDM). First, flat-gain erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) are seriously needed to obtain proper and equal amplification of all channels. Such amplifiers can be designed by intrinsically modifying the host material or extrinsically using proper filters. In this research, we benefit from both the intrinsic and extrinsic methods to achieve sharp flat EDFA output gain using cascaded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). Second, the performance of our technique has been evaluated through calculating the bit error rate (BER) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a WDM system embedded with the reported EDFA flattening system. The parametric simulations of the FWHM of FBGs, SNR, optical power and the transmission distance have shown a noticeable improved performance. Sending data via an optical WDM system will be proven from comprehensive simulations to achieve high quality signal transmission spectrums, increased transmission distances and low power consumption. By extension, the reported design using cascaded FBGs can also be generalized to equalize the gain of any arbitrary profile.     

Cascaded coupling: Realization and application to spectral maneuvering

In this paper, we analyze a scheme of three mode coupling referred to as cascaded coupling in an optical fiber by employing a pair of superimposed long period gratings. In the cascaded coupling process, interaction between two modes takes place via an intermediate mode. We show that cascaded coupling gives us an additional degree of freedom to tune the transmission spectrum to achieve desired spectral features by appropriate choice of grating parameters i.e. grating strength, length and wavelength of operation. Applications of the proposed design to achieve flat wavelength response and gain flattening filters for erbium doped fiber amplifiers are presented.     

Analytical evaluation technique of self-phase-modulation effect onthe performance of cascaded optical amplifier systems

We propose an approximate analytical evaluation technique of self-phase-modulation (SPM) in cascaded optical amplifier systems. The effect of SPM on optical pulse distortion is represented by the increase in the α-parameter of the transmitter. The waveform distortion is approximated by assuming that the pulse is transmitted over a dispersive fiber without nonlinearity. This technique greatly reduces the calculation time, and is especially useful in designing cascaded amplifier systems, evaluating theoretical maximum transmission distance     

Transmission of 2-ps optical pulses at 1550 nm over 40-km standardfiber using midspan optical phase conjugation in semiconductor opticalamplifiers

We demonstrate transmission of 2-ps optical pulses at 1550 nm over 40 km of standard fiber by employing midspan optical phase conjugation in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). The second-order group-velocity dispersion of the fiber is completely compensated and the third-order dispersion becomes a major transmission limitation. This experiment shows that the midspan optical phase conjugation system using SOAs is applicable to ultrahigh bit rates greater than 100 Gb/s     

Semiconductor laser optical amplifiers for multichannel coherentoptical transmission

The application of semiconductor laser optical amplifiers in multichannel coherent optical transmission systems is investigated. The amplifiers considered (λ=1.3 μm) exhibit a gain of 24 dB at a grain ripple <2 dB and a 3-dB bandwidth of about 4000 GHz. The characteristics of these amplifiers and transmission experiments with these amplifiers are described. The investigations concern noise accumulation in an amplifier chain, generation of echoes due to backward gain in cascaded amplifiers, crosstalk in multichannel transmission, and the effect of gain saturation due to spontaneous emission. A good fit is shown between the advantages of multichannel coherent optical transmission systems and the properties of semiconductor laser optical amplifiers, which are very promising for future long-haul optical transmission systems     

Fundamental nonlinear distortions in analog links with fiberamplifiers

The author analyzes the second-order distortion in a modulated laser-based AM subcarrier multiplexed (AM-SCM) video transport system using fiber amplifiers for power boosting. All three of the involved system elements: the laser, the fiber amplifier, and the transmission fiber, contribute to the system distortion. The laser distortion originates from the internal photon-electron interaction, whereas the fiber amplifier and dispersive distortion are directly related to the intrinsic frequency chirping of the modulated laser. From the distortion magnitude and phase analysis, the author finds that under most situations the distortions have an electronic counterpart and can be electronically compensated. In addition, the system distortion can be minimized with a combination of critically chosen elements that have minimum or counteracting distortion mechanisms. Optically amplified AM-SCM systems can thus be engineered to perform well within the stringent distortion requirements for both 1.3- and 1.55-μm wavelength ranges     

Intelligible Crosstalk Between Two FDM/FM Carriers Accessing Double Cascaded Nonlinear Amplifiers

A method of evaluating double intelligible crosstalk between two frequency division multiplexed frequency modulated (FDM/FM) carriers accessing the same earth station high-power amplifier (HPA) and satellite transponder traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) has been developed. The analysis takes into consideration the AM/AM and AM/PM characteristics of the two cascaded memoryless nonlinear amplifiers, and the amplitude and group delay variations of transmission paths preceding the first nonlinear amplifier and of the path between the two nonlinear amplifiers. Results of the double intelligible crosstalk evaluation show the existence of significant distortion cross terms caused by the two cascaded nonlinearities and filters, in addition to individual distortion terms by each nonlinearity. Specific illustrative examples are discussed, and some practical suggestions are given for controlling crosstalk impairment effects in satellite channels with double cascaded nonlinear amplifiers.     

Optimal design of multistage discrete Raman amplifiers incorporating midway isolators

Multistage discrete Raman amplifiers with midway isolators to suppress double Rayleigh backscattering are fully investigated at constant nonlinearity. The results show that placing Raman pumps at the last stage only is sufficient. For most conditions, two isolators can achieve adequate performance improvement, while more isolators only lead to slightly optical signal-to-noise ratio increase. The optimum positions of the isolators are insensitive to varied Raman gains, nonlinear phase shifts, and Rayleigh coefficients, but sensitive to different fiber lengths as well as Raman pumping schemes. Moreover, backward-pumping schemes can derive better noise performance than bidirectional pumping when using midway isolators.     

Optical time domain reflectometry in optical transmission linescontaining in-line Er-doped fiber amplifiers

Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) in an optical transmission line containing in-line Er-doped fiber amplifiers is investigated. The proposed Er-doped fiber amplifiers are based on optical circulators, which support both OTDR and digital signal transmission. The measurable limit of OTDR fault location in optical transmission lines containing in-line amplifiers is discussed. Fault location and 1.8-Gb/s digital signal transmission are demonstrated in a 316.9 km, optical transmission line constructed with three in-line Er-doped fiber amplifiers