EXPERIMENTAL-VERIFICATION OF SELF-PHASE-MODULATION INDUCED NONLINEAR DISTORTION IN EXTERNALLY MODULATED AM-VSB LIGHTWAVE SYSTEMS

Authors
WILLEMS FW MUYS W VANDERPLAATS JC NUYTS R
Citation
Fw. Willems et al., EXPERIMENTAL-VERIFICATION OF SELF-PHASE-MODULATION INDUCED NONLINEAR DISTORTION IN EXTERNALLY MODULATED AM-VSB LIGHTWAVE SYSTEMS, Electronics Letters, 32(14), 1996, pp. 1310-1311
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
32
Issue
14
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1310 - 1311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1996)32:14<1310:EOSIND>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The authors have experimentally observed self-phase-modulation induced CSO distortion in externally modulated AM-VSB trunk lightwave systems using 50 km of standard fibre. The onset of this distortion occurs at power levels below those needed to generate stimulated Brillouin scat tering.