Measurement accuracy of chromatic dispersion by the modulation phase technique

A simple measuring method for the chromatic dispersion measurement is described. This technique uses group delay measurement by modulation phase of laser diodes with different wavelengths. An experiment showed that this technique is capable of measuring the chromatic dispersion of a 42.3-km single-mode fiber. The accuracy of measurement is discussed in view of fiber length, modulation frequency, and the number of employed laser diodes. The accuracy is improved when a higher modulation frequency is used and a longer fiber is measured since the detected phase fluctuation depends little on the modulation frequency and very little on the fiber length. The estimated measurement error of chromatic dispersion was 0.1 ps/km/nm for a four-laser diode system.     

Chromatic-dispersion compensator using virtually imaged phasedarray

A new method for chromatic-dispersion compensation is proposed and demonstrated. This method can produce a chromatic dispersion practically in a wide range from -2000 to +2000 ps/nm and can compensate simultaneously for the dispersion of over 60 wavelength channels with 100-GHz spacing in a wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) system that has a total bandwidth of over 50 nm. This method has further attractive features such as very small polarization-state dependence, mechanically variable chromatic dispersion, and potential for small packaging. It was experimentally confirmed that this method compensated for the chromatic dispersion accumulated through 110 km standard single-mode fiber (SMF) at 1.55-μm wavelength and that 10-Gb/s signal quality was clearly recovered after the 110-km transmission     

Waveform degradation due to dispersion effects in an optical CPFSKsystem

Waveform degradation due to polarization and chromatic dispersions in a single-mode fiber is calculated for a coherent CPFSK signal. For a single-mode fiber with polarization dispersion of ⩽1 ps, chromatic dispersion almost dominates the system. However, if a fiber has polarization dispersion of more than a few picoseconds and a chromatic dispersion of less than 0.1 ps/km/nm, which can be attained by using a dispersion-shifted fiber and/or by electric dispersion compensation, polarization dispersion will restrict transmission capacity. For instance, polarization dispersion of 5 ps will restrict a bit rate by ~60 Gb/s when chromatic dispersion is fully reduced using a dispersion-shifted fiber or applying electrical equalization     

Analysis of CNR penalty of radio-over-fiber systems including the effects of phase noise from laser and RF oscillator

The effect of phase noises from a laser and an oscillator on radio-over-fiber (RoF) systems is analyzed and discussed with a power spectral density (PSD) function. A Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) and a phase shifter are employed to externally generate an optical single sideband (OSSB) signal since the OSSB signal is tolerable for power degradation due to a chromatic fiber-dispersion effect. It is shown that a carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) penalty is deeply related to the bandwidth of a receiver filter and the phase noise from a radio frequency (RF) signal oscillator rather than that from a laser in a small differential-delay environment and a direct detection scheme. The CNR penalty due to the increment of the laser linewidth from 10 to 624 MHz is almost 1.1 dB, while the increase of the RF-oscillator linewidth from 1 to 100 Hz results in about a 20-dB penalty at a 30-GHz 10-km transmission in a standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) with a fiber chromatic dispersion of 17 ps/km/spl middot/nm.     

A novel design for dispersion compensating photonic crystal fiber Raman amplifier

This letter presents a novel design for dispersion compensating photonic crystal fiber (DCPCF) which shows inherently flattened high Raman gain of 19 dB (/spl plusmn/1.2-dB gain ripple) over 30-nm bandwidth. The proposed design module has been simulated through an efficient full-vectorial finite element method. The designed DCPCF has a high negative dispersion coefficient (-200 to -250 ps/nm/km) over C-band wavelength (1530-1568 nm). The proposed fiber module of 5.2-km length not only compensates the accumulated dispersion in conventional single-mode fiber (SMF-28) but also compensates for the dispersion slope. Hence, the designed DCPCF module acts as the gain-flattened Raman amplifier and dispersion compensator.     

4 × 10 Gbps WDM repeaterless transmission system using asymmetrical dispersion compensation for rural area applications

We demonstrate experimentally 4?×?10 Gbps wavelength division multiplexing repeaterless transmission system using non-return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying modulation format over 300-km standard single-mode fiber. The channels used were 1546.9, 1547.7, 1548.51 and 1549.2 nm with 100 GHz spacing. In this system design, a dispersion compensation module is used; multi-channel-chirped fiber Bragg grating was deployed with asymmetrical configuration with different compositions of dispersion values at the transmitting and the receiving sides. The transmission system was pumped bidirectionally with 1445 and 1455 nm wavelength in a forward direction, and three pump wavelengths of 1430, 1440 and 1450 nm are deployed for the backward direction. The total on–off Raman gain is 47 dB from total pump power of 1.862 W. The result for dispersion pre-compensation of ??2006.0 and ??2338.3 ps/nm has minimal effect on nonlinearity showing the best performance for 300-km repeaterless transmission system.     

Repeater spacing of 280 Mbit/s single-mode fiber-optic transmission system using 1.55 µm laser diode source

This paper describes an attainable repeater spacing for a high bit-rate single-mode fiber-optic transmission in the 1.55 μm wavelength region where laser mode partition noise comes to be significant. An expression for evaluating mode partition noise is given as the form involving the influence of laser spectral fluctuations under high bit-rate modulation, together with the intersymbol interference and the equalized pulse shape in tile optical receiver. After the validity of its numerical results is confirmed experimentally, the resulting evaluation of laser mode partition noise is connected to a systematic discussion on the attainable repeater spacing of a 280 Mbit/s fiber-optic transmission system operating at 1.55 μm, along with fiber loss versus dispersion tradeoffs. This discussion permits the attainable repeater spacing to be 60-70 km for the combination of a laser diode with 1.5-2.0 nm spectrum broadening and a fiber with the loss of 0.5 dB/km and the dispersion of 4-6 ps/km - nm.     

Chromatic dispersion measurements on long fibre lengths using LEDs

The chromatic dispersion of 50.7 km of single-mode fibre has been measured with a single edge-emitting LED using the phase-shift technique. For a 15 s measurement time the zero of chromatic dispersion is obtained with a standard deviation of 0.7 nm for a 50.7 km fibre length and 0.25 nm for a 38.0 km length.     

Optical Dispersion Compensator With$≫$4000-ps/nm Tuning Range Using a Virtually Imaged Phased Array (VIPA) and Spatial Light Modulator (SLM)

We present an optical tunable chromatic dispersion compensator based on a virtually imaged phased-array and spatial light modulator providing both positive and negative dispersion. We demonstrate tunable dispersion compensation of 10-Gb/s positively chirped nonreturn-to-zero data signal over a range of$-4080sim+850$ps/nm (240-km single-mode fiber to 9.5-km dispersion-compensating fiber), which operates independent of the input state of polarization and has potential capability for wavelength-division multiplexing.     

Waveform distortion evaluation for optical CPFSK heterodyne transmission

Waveform distortion of a continuous phase FSK signal due to fiber chromatic dispersion is measured. The transmission spacing is estimated to be 100 km at 5 Gbit/s with 1.55-μm wavelength. Also the 2-Gbit/s optical CPFSK heterodyne detection transmission experiment is reported. Since there is no chirping degradation, it is possible to transmit the signal through a 200-km single-mode fiber.     

Compensation of 202 km single-mode fibre chromatic dispersion in 4Gbit/s optical CPFSK transmission experiment

Compensation for fibre chromatic dispersion in a coherent transmission system is demonstrated. A 4 Gbit/s optical CPFSK signal at 1.55 μm is transmitted through a 202 km conventional single-mode fibre. There is 1.8 dB degradation in transmission caused by fibre chromatic dispersion. This degradation has been completely compensated for using a delay equaliser with optical heterodyne detection     

WDM experiment using 1300/1500 nm dual-wavelength LED for single-mode fibre transmission systems

A wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission experiment using a 1300/1500 nm dual-wavelength LED modulated at 140/560 Mbit/s over 10 km of single-mode fibre has been demonstrated. This dual-LED device has a 9 ?m emitter spacing between the active facets with a coupling loss of 2.3 dB through a lens/fibre coupler. The chromatic dispersion penalty for the 1500 nm channel at 560 Mbit/s was about 6-5 dB and the electrical crosstalk penalty was 2.5 dB.     

High-speed optical pulse transmission at 1.29-µm wavelength using low-loss single-mode fibers

Optical-fiber transmission experiments in the 1.3-μm wavelength region are reported. GaInAsP/InP double-heterostructure semiconductor laser emitting at 1.293 μm is modulated directly in nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) codes at digit rates tanging from 100 Mbit/s to 1.2 Gbit/s. Its output is transmitted through low-loss GeO2-doped single-mode silica fibers in 11-km lengths. Transmitted optical signals are detected by a high-speed Ge avalanche photodiode. Overall loss of the 11-km optical fibers, including 11 splices, is 15.5 dB at 1.3 μm. Average received optical power levels necessary for 10^-9error rate are -39.9 dBm at 100 Mbit/s and -29.1 dBm at 1.2 Gbit/s. In the present system configuration, the repeater spacing is limited by loss rather than dispersion. It seems feasible that a more than 30 km repeater spacing at 100 Mbit/s and a more than 20 km even at 1.2 Gbit/s can be realized with low-loss silica fiber cables, whose loss is less than 1 dB/km. Distinctive features and problems associated with this experimental system and constituent devices are discussed.     

Chromatic dispersion measurements over a 50-km single-mode fiber

Chromatic dispersion has been measured over a 50-km-long single-mode fiber, using five sinusoidally modulated laser diodes. Results indicate that chromatic dispersion characteristics for single-mode fibers with 33-dB optical loss can be evaluated in the1.2-1.6-mum spectral region.     

Dynamic dispersion compensation in a 10-Gb/s optical system using anovel voltage tuned nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating

We experimentally demonstrate dynamic dispersion compensation using a novel nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating in a 10-Gb/s system. A single piezoelectric transducer continuously tunes the induced dispersion from 300 to 1000 ps/nm. The system achieves a bit-error rate=10^-9 after both 50 and 104 km of single-mode fiber by dynamically tuning the dispersion of the grating between 500 and 1000 ps/nm, respectively. The power penalty after 104 km is reduced from 3.5 to <1 dB     

12300 ps/nm, 2.4 Gb/s nonregenerative optical fiber transmissionexperiment and effect of transmitter phase noise

A nonregenerative optical transmission experiment with a chromatic dispersion of more than 10000 ps/nm is reported. Externally intensity-modulated 2.4 Gb/s optical signals were transmitted over 710 km of nondispersion-shifted optical fiber using ten Er-doped fiber amplifiers with a total net optical gain of 125 dB. Although the total chromatic dispersion amounted to 12300 ps/nm, the power penalty observed was as small as 0.5 dB, and an error floor was not observed. The effect of transmitter phase noise associated with fiber chromatic dispersion was experimentally investigated     

25-Gb/s optical NRZ transmission over 40 km of single-mode fiber at 1550 nm without dispersion compensation

We present a method for transmitting 25-Gb/s optical nonreturn-to-zero signals at a wavelength of 1550 nm over a 40-km single-mode fiber without any dispersion compensation methods. We propose optimized self-phase modulation by varying parameters of the fiber launching power and the extinction ratio of optical non-return to zero signals to overcome severe signal distortions by the chromatic dispersion effect. Using the optimization of the self-phase modulation effect, we were able to transmit 25-Gb/s optical nonreturn-to-zero signals over a 40-km single-mode fiber, which can be applicable to passive optical networks with a single wavelength channel and a high split ratio. We demonstrated that the self-phase modulation effect can be controlled by the extinction ratio and the fiber launching power.     

Application of a Prechirp Technique to 10-Gb/s Transmission at 1064 nm Through 24 km of Photonic Crystal Fiber

The prechirp effect on 10-Gb/s transmission in the 1000-nm band over photonic crystal fiber (PCF) was investigated both experimentally and theoretically. We performed transmission experiments using a 24-km-long PCF whose optical loss and chromatic dispersion were 0.94 dB/km and$-$20 ps/nm/km at 1064 nm, respectively. We confirmed an improvement in the bit-error-rate performance after the transmission, namely a “negative power penalty” of about$-$0.5 dB. Our experimental result and theoretical estimation revealed that the signal degradation induced by the chromatic dispersion can be effectively suppressed by employing the prechirp technique with a conventional$Z$-cut lithium niobate modulator.     

光纤OFDM系统中的色散补偿技术研究

为了减小光纤的色度色散对光纤正交频分复用（OFDM）系统性能的影响,提出了将无线通信中的信道估计器引入光纤OFDM系统进行信道估计的色散补偿方法。在理论上分析了光纤的色度色散对于传输OFDM信号的影响,并在实验中采用梳状导频的形式,在每个OFDM码元的特定的子载波上插入导频,在接收端通过基于最小平方（LS）原则的LS估计器进行信道估计,得到了OFDM光纤传输的信道幅度响应和相位响应,通过使用LS估计器,直接调制的光OFDM信号在单模光纤中传输200km,误比特率低于10-6 ,功率代价小于2dB。结果表明,高频子载波较低频子载波更容易受到色散的影响,在光纤OFDM系统中引入信道估计器进行信道估计能够有效补偿由色度色散带来的相位偏移和幅度衰减。     

888nm半导体抽运的60W皮秒激光振荡器模型

为了建立一个基于888nm半导体抽运的高平均功率和高效率皮秒激光振荡器的理论模型,采用模拟计算方法和谐振腔理论、ABCD定律、自洽条件以及连续被动锁模条件,利用激光晶体Nd:YVO4对波长888nm半导体抽运源的吸收特性和元件的相关参量、合适的腔模参量、实现稳定锁模的参量进行了理论分析和计算,并通过以上研究和模拟计算得到了皮秒振荡器模型的相关数据。结果表明,在120W的抽运功率下,激光器可以输出约61.5W的皮秒激光,光光转换效率51.3%。这一理论模型的建立对高平均功率和高效率皮秒激光振荡器的实验研究起着指导作用。