Multi-channel long-distance optical fiber transmission using dispersion-induced microwave transmission windows

✍ Scribed by C. Gutiérrez-Martínez; P. Mollier; H. Porte; I. Zaldívar-Huerta; L. Carcaño-Rivera; J. P. Goedgebuer

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 184 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.10720

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In this paper, the model and implementation of an optical transmission system using a multi‐longitudinal mode optical source and a dispersive optical channel are described. Such a system exhibits multi‐bandpass transmission windows, as a result of a combination of the wideband optical spectrum and chromatic dispersion on the optical channel. As shown in this paper, the band‐pass windows are centered at frequencies that depend on the spectral free range of the optical source and optical channel length. In the telecommunications domain, band‐pass transmission windows can be used for multiplexing analog and/or digital signals, as an alternative way for transmitting baseband and modulated subcarriers, through optical‐fiber links. To show such a potential application, the multiplexed transmission of two microwave signals, using two adjacent band‐pass windows, is also described in this paper. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 36: 202–206, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10720