Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, Aleksandra 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4811-9273, Barry, Liam P. ORCID: 0000-0001-8366-4790 and Anandarajah, Prince M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7335-8044
(2003)
Effects of intermodulation distortion on the performance of a hybrid radio/fiber system employing a self-pulsating laser diode transmitter.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 15
(6).
pp. 1041-1135.
ISSN 1041-1135
Abstract
A self-pulsating laser is used to generate a multicarrier (five radio frequency (RF) channels) microwave optical signal for use in a hybrid radio/fiber system. The self-pulsation is achieved by external light injection into the laser diode. By varying the RF channel spacing, we have been able to estimate the degradation in system performance due to intermodulation distortion (caused by the nonlinear dynamic response of the laser). The power penalty on the central RF channel is found to be 3.2 dB for operation at the RF band around the laser self-pulsation frequency of 18.5 GHz. We have also characterized the performance of the multicarrier hybrid radio/fiber system in the frequency band corresponding to the inherent relaxation frequency of the laser.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | External light injection; microwave photonics; multicarrier system; optical communications; optical systems; self-pulsation; semiconductor laser diode; |
| Subjects: | Engineering > Optical communication |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering Research Institutes and Centres > Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE) |
| Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2003.811330 |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2003 IEEE. Reprinted from IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the Dublin City University's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it. |
| ID Code: | 177 |
| Deposited On: | 28 Jan 2008 by DORAS Administrator . Last Modified 20 Sep 2018 12:18 |
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