Analysis of the impact of laser line width over RIN, power penalty and bit rate including higher-order dispersion in WDM systems

This paper investigated the effect of laser line width over relative intensity noise (RIN), power penalty and bit rate at optical distances in the range of 100-10,000 km both analytically and graphically. It is also proposed and analyzed that by reducing the laser line width to the range of KHz, we can minimize the impact of RIN and power penalty under the individual and combined impact of higher-order dispersion parameters.     

Investigations on power penalty at different spectral width using small signal analysis with higher-order dispersion

In this paper, a modified small signal analysis for power penalty at different spectral width of the light source has been investigated by incorporating the higher-order dispersion parameters. Further, we have analyzed the individual and combined effects of second- and third-order dispersion parameter on power penalty at different spectral line widths. The results have been reported over the range of 10-1000 km by considering the impact of individual and the combined higher-order dispersion terms. It has been observed that by reducing the spectral line width of the light source, the power required at the receiver can be minimized. The power penalty is further reduced if only third-order dispersion parameter is considered. Further, the transmitter distance can be maximized if the spectral width of the light reduces to 100 kHz.     

Performance analysis of dispersion compensating optical FIR filters designed using a quasi-analytic synthesis approach

In this paper we investigate the performance of a quasi-analytic synthesis approach for dispersion compensating optical finite impulse response filters. It is shown by eye opening penalty and optical signal to noise ratio penalty calculations that with this method the filters dispersion can be adjusted reliably and with low effort to compensate for a specific amount of residual chromatic dispersion in optical transmission systems. The maximum attainable dispersion is then only limited by the filter order and the free spectral range rather then by optimization problems within the filter design.     

The effects of external optical feedback on the power penalty of DFB-LD modules for 2.5Gbs−1 optical transmission systems

We report the effects of external optical feedback on the power penalty of commercial distributed feedback laser diode (DFB-LD) modules for 2.5Gbs–1 optical transmission systems. External optical feedback presented to the DFB-LD modules causes the excitation of external cavity modes, resulting in increased relative intensity noise (RIN) and intensity noise ripples at low frequency region below 500MHz. For a 10–10 bit error rate (BER), the minimum power penalty is as much as 1.25dB for a feedback ratio of –8.8dB. An excess power penalty of 0.5dB per 3dB increase in the feedback ratio was also empirically obtained. We suggest that optical isolators in 2.5Gbs–1 DFB-LD modules used in conventional optical transmission systems or WDM systems must have a peak isolation ratio of better than 54.5dB, instead of the previously recommended 30dB, for negligible power penalty induced by external optical feedback.     

基于光纤光参量放大的光脉冲压窄技术的研究

在高重复频率的光窄脉冲源中,为了获得更窄的脉冲,需要增加泵浦功率|但泵浦功率的提高会使光放大器的增益趋于饱和,放大的自发辐射噪音增强,脉冲光信噪比下降.为此,提出了利用啁啾管理和光纤光参量放大相结合的脉冲压窄方案.将强度调制后的泵浦光通过相位调制引入线性负啁啾,由于经参量过程后在新的闲频光上啁啾会加倍,从而进一步增大了信号的谱宽,并通过色散补偿介质实现了光脉冲压缩.实验给出了10 GHz速率下的结果,通过泵浦光的相位调制在0.5 W平均泵浦光功率条件下得到了脉宽19 ps的光脉冲,结果与理论分析基本吻合.     

Performance analysis of NRZ, RZ, CRZ and CSRZ data formats in 10 Gb/s optical soliton transmission link under the impact of chirp and TOD

This paper presents the performance analysis of non-return-to-zero (NRZ), return-to-zero (RZ), chirped return-to-zero (CRZ) and carrier suppressed return-to-zero (CSRZ) data formats in optical soliton transmission link under the impact of chirp and third-order dispersion (TOD). The performance of these data formats has been analyzed on the basis of certain performance metrics, viz, bit error rate (BER), Q² (dB), OSNR, eye opening, etc. It has been reported here that the performance of CRZ and CSRZ modulation format is better as compared to NRZ and RZ in a soliton transmission link. Further, CSRZ modulation format has been found to deliver optimum performance on the basis of performance evaluation metrics reported in this paper. In case of NRZ and CSRZ, comparatively narrow power spectrum has been observed. Best eye opening, highest value of Q² (dB) of 18 dB and lowest value of BER of the order of 10⁻¹⁶ has been reported in case of CSRZ among the considered data formats. The results have been obtained by varying noise figure from 3.0 to 9.0. No considerable effect of noise was observed. It was observed that at very narrow and ultra short pulse width, OSNR value suffers heavily and reduced to even negative values in dB, thus inducing a high degree of OSNR power penalty. The results were obtained by varying chirp factor from −0.6 to +0.6. Negative chirp resulted in improved OSNR as compared to positive chirp. RZ data format yielded a broader optical spectrum, comparatively low spectral efficiency and poor OSNR thus it was found that RZ format is not suitable for optical soliton transmission under the impact of chirp and TOD.     

Large Signal Analysis of FM-AM Conversion in Dispersive Optical Fibers for PCM Systems Including Second Order Dispersion

By using large signal analysis for dispersive optical fiber, the FM-AM conversion with respect to binary intensity modulated PCM systems including second order dispersion term is discussed. The modified expression for power penalty has been derived and its impact on laser linewidth and bit rate has been investigated. For power penalty less than 0.5 dB, the plots between bit rate and transmission distance are plotted. It is seen that the transmission distance increases with decrease in linewidth over significant bit rates. The transmission distance with first order dispersion term for 300 MHz linewidth is approximately 800km. With proper first order dispersion compensation, i.e., with second order dispersion only, the transmission distance can be enhanced to 10 8 km for this linewidth. The linewidth requirements for systems with different bit rates and transmission distances are also calculated and discussed. Further, it is seen that by including the second-order dispersion term, the bit rate and transmission distance decreases. For higher linewidths, this decrease in bit rate and transmission distance is very less and vice versa. For 300 MHz linewidth, the decrease in transmission distance is just 30 km, and for 30 MHz linewidth, the decrease is approximately 600 km over significant bit rates.     

Further Theoretical Investigations for Laser Relative Intensity Noise with Fiber Nonlinearities and Higher Order Dispersion

In this article, we theoretically investigate relative intensity noise (RIN) in optical communication systems with fiber nonlinearities due to optical Kerr effects and higher order dispersion. The impact of modulation frequencies, launch power, and laser bias current on RIN has been illustrated. We show that RIN increases with modulating frequencies up to the resonance frequency and launch power, and decreases in the laser bias current. We also show that higher order dispersion terms have no impact on the RIN, but with first order dispersion compensation the higher order dispersion terms have significant impact at high modulating frequencies. The RIN with and without fiber nonlinearities is further investigated. It has been shown that the RIN with fiber nonlinearity is more than the RIN without nonlinearity and the effect of nonlinearity appears at higher modulation frequencies only.     

Transformation of the spectral density of intensity fluctuations of the pulsed radiation from a quasi-single-mode heterolaser in an optical fiber

The spectral density of intensity fluctuations of quasi-single-mode heterolaser radiation under pseudorandom pulsed modulation of the pumping current has been studied for the first time by numerical methods. In the limit of the second-order dispersion theory, the effect of the chromatic dispersion of an optical fiber on the noise characteristics of laser radiation (spectral density of fluctuations and signal-to-noise ratio in the operating range of the photodetector) was investigated. The effect of the laser parameters and modulation on the transformation of the intensity fluctuations in a fiber-optic communication line was studied.     

Further Theoretical Investigations for Laser Relative Intensity Noise with Fiber Nonlinearities and Higher-Order Dispersion

In this article, we theoretically investigate relative intensity noise (RIN) in optical communication systems with fiber nonlinearities due to optical Kerr effects and higher-order dispersion. The impact of modulation frequencies, launch power, and laser bias current on RIN has been illustrated. We show that RIN increases with modulating frequencies up to the resonance frequency, launch power, and decrease in the laser bias current. We also show that higher-order dispersion terms have no impact on the RIN, but with first-order dispersion compensation the higher-order dispersion terms have significant impact at high modulating frequencies. The RIN with and without fiber nonlinearities is further investigated. It has been shown that the RIN with fiber nonlinearity is more than the RIN without nonlinearity and the effect of nonlinearity appears at higher modulation frequencies only.     

Further Theoretical Investigations for Laser Relative Intensity Noise with Fiber Nonlinearities and Higher Order Dispersion

In this article, we theoretically investigate relative intensity noise (RIN) in optical communication systems with fiber nonlinearities due to optical Kerr effects and higher order dispersion. The impact of modulation frequencies, launch power, and laser bias current on RIN has been illustrated. We show that RIN increases with modulating frequencies up to the resonance frequency and launch power, and decreases in the laser bias current. We also show that higher order dispersion terms have no impact on the RIN, but with first order dispersion compensation the higher order dispersion terms have significant impact at high modulating frequencies. The RIN with and without fiber nonlinearities is further investigated. It has been shown that the RIN with fiber nonlinearity is more than the RIN without nonlinearity and the effect of nonlinearity appears at higher modulation frequencies only.     

Optimum Compensator Positioning to Reduce Four-Wave Mixing in Wavelength Division Multiplexing Optical Communication Systems Using Dispersion-Managed Fibers

Abstract

The impact of the compensator's location along the optical fiber on a variation of four-wave mixing power penalty is investigated theoretically and numerically for dispersion-managed fibers in wavelength division multiplexing systems. The power penalty is analyzed for fibers with different attenuation coefficients and lengths, and the optimum positions for the compensator along the fiber is discussed in cases of both dispersion compensation of each fiber section between two amplifiers and whole-compensation.     

Dynamics of the spectral width of intense laser pulses consisting of several field oscillations in optical waveguides

The dependence of the rms spectral width of a light pulse consisting of several light-field oscillations on the distance passed in an optical waveguide with arbitrary dispersion and nonresonant electronic nonlinearity has been derived. This dependence allows one to rapidly predict the scenarios of the initial evolution of the spectrum (broadening, distance independence, or compression) by using the input pulse parameters and waveguide characteristics. It is shown that the pulse spectral width increases when the enrichment of the spectrum due to the generation of multiple harmonics is taken into account. In this case, for pulses with the spectrum in the region of the anomalous group dispersion of the waveguide, there is the intensity range for which the self-narrowing of the main spectral peak around the central radiation frequency is characteristic.     

长波红外无线激光通信脉冲宽度调制实验研究

为实现长波红外无线激光通信,建立了基于脉宽调制的长波红外无线激光通信系统模型,对系统性能进行了分析,给出了系统误码率的计算公式.搭建了实验系统,对CO_2激光器的平均输出光功率随占空比的变化情况进行了分析,对不同占空比条件下接收端对应的激光平均脉冲宽度以及脉冲宽度受噪声影响的随机变化情况进行了分析,得到了激光输出平均光功率、平均脉冲宽度与占空比之间的关系,以及脉宽的分布规律,并将实验结果与理论分析结果进行了对比,在此基础上得到了脉宽最佳判决门限和系统各类工作参数同误码率之间的关系.结果表明,基于CO_2激光器的脉冲宽度调制能够实现长波红外无线激光通信.     

Analysis and experimental study of 565 Mb/s ASK optical heterodyne system

By using two 1320 nm diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers and an external modulator, the receiver sensitivity improvement of as much as 17.6 dB over direct detection has been stabilized in a 565 Mb/s ASK optical heterodyne detection of a 100 km transmission experiment. Negligible dispersion penalty and 3.9 dB sensitivity penalty away from the shot noise limit are observed after a 100 km transmission. Furthermore, system performance and sensitivity penalty induced by thermal and laser intensity noise and nonideal filtering have been considered for two different receivers. The results agree with theoretical analysis of system performance.     

光子晶体光纤产生飞秒超连续谱的实验研究

研究了飞秒脉冲经过光子晶体光纤时超连续谱产生的物理机制。采用输出波长可调谐的钛宝石光参量放大器作为泵浦源,光纤光谱仪测量不同泵浦功率和不同泵浦波长条件下光子晶体光纤产生的超连续谱的光谱图,对进行了归一化处理后的不同泵浦功率和不同泵浦波长条件下的超连续谱进行对比,分析影响光子晶体光纤超连续谱差异的物理机制。实验结果表明,当泵浦波长不变时,随着入射泵浦脉冲平均功率的增大,波峰增多,谱宽也逐渐加宽并伴随着出现能量向短波方向集中的现象,泵浦功率到达一定强度时,超连续谱的宽度最后到达饱和,谱的包络趋于稳定;入射光功率稳定在300 mW时,超连续谱的宽度和形状皆受到泵浦波长影响,在760～840 nm范围内,泵浦波长越长,波峰数越多,泵浦脉冲波长离零色散点越近,光子晶体光纤产生的超连续谱谱宽会越宽,超连续谱的形状相对越平坦。     

Analysis and minimization of cross phase modulation in semiconductor optical amplifiers for multichannel WDM optical communication systems

A theoretical model for crosstalk in multichannel wavelength division multiplexing communication systems due to cross phase saturation in semiconductor optical amplifier structure is developed. This theoretical model is used to analyze the impact of the cross phase noise on the performance of semiconductor optical amplifiers in saturation region for WDM communication system by using differential phase shift modulation format. It is shown that by increasing the carrier life time, width and thickness while reducing the confinement factor, differential gain and bias current in the SOA structure mitigates the cross talk due to cross phase saturation. The impact of penalty and cross phase noise imposed on multichannel WDM links have been investigated for different parameters of the SOA with the variation in transmission distance. With the slight increase in differential gain of 200.2 × 10⁻¹⁸ cm² and confinement factor 0.41, the maximum transmission distance observed is 5220 km with good quality and nil power penalty for 10 × 40 Gb/s soliton RZ-DPSK WDM signals for the first time.     

Analysis of bottlenecks in DWDM fiber optic communication system

This paper deals with the limiting factors like Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS), Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) and Four Wave Mixing (FWM) in DWDM Fiber Optic Communication. The variation of SBS threshold power level for the spectral width of the source is analyzed and it is found that addition of spectral width in the source lowers the SBS effect. By reducing the SBS effect, we could transmit more optical power in a single channel and maintain high OSNR. Similarly the effect of phase mismatching (dispersion) and wavelength spacing on both FWM and SRS are analyzed. This work aims at finding the optimal value of spectral width, dispersion and channel spacing, thereby exploring the possibilities of increasing the overall capacity of the fiber optic trunk line.     

饱和非线性下零色散附近的交叉相位调制非稳

从光纤中扩展的耦合非线性薛定谔方程组出发,在饱和非线性光纤零色散附近,研究了不同二、四阶色散参量下交叉相位调制不稳定性增益谱及其临界扰动频率、谱宽和谱峰随两光波入射功率的演化特点.研究表明,随色散参量不同,增益谱随两光波入射功率的增大可能出现三种演化形式：一是始终是两个分离的谱区;二是由开始时的两个合成一个,最后再分离成两个;三是始终是一个谱区.饱和非线性的存在则使每个谱区的谱宽、谱峰及远离零点的临界扰动频率,随两光波入射功率的增大可能呈现出先增大后减小的特点,使第二谱区靠近零点的临界扰动频率呈现先减小后增大的特点,从而可能出现两个不同的输入功率对应同一个增益峰值和谱宽的情形.色散参量对增益谱的谱峰影响小,对谱宽影响大.越靠近零色散区,每个谱区谱宽越大,越易连成一个谱区.     

马铃薯近红外光谱无损检测影响因素研究

为提高马铃薯近红外光谱快速无损检测的准确性和稳定性,对比了光纤光源、卤素灯杯光源和环形光源三种光源条件下的光谱,结果显示环形光源的光谱噪声最小,辐照强度与均匀度最好。该工作对光源功率、光源距马铃薯表面距离以及光纤距马铃薯表面检测点距离进行研究,通过三因素三水平响应面试验,评价不同因素水平条件下对马铃薯可溶性固形物含量的光谱模型预测效果,得到最优参数组合为光源功率238.33 W,光纤探头距样品表面距离8.17 mm,光源距样品表面距离370 mm,并建立可溶性固形物定量预测模型。在最优参数条件下,预测偏最小二乘回归模型(PLSR)的相关系数优化到0.867,均方根误差0.149°Brix。为进一步消除设备及环境噪声,通过不同预处理算法降低噪声的干扰,结果显示标准变量排序法去噪效果最好,PLSR预测相关系数可达0.914,预测均方根误差降低到0.132°Brix,既能有效去噪又有较好的预测效果。试验结果表明,响应面试验优化检测环境和条件能有效提高马铃薯品质检测的预测精度,为近红外光谱马铃薯无损检测环境搭建和设备选型提供技术参考。