Pump-probe analysis of the cross-phase modulation degradation induced by 10 Gbit/s amplitude-shift-keyed signals on 40 Gbit/s DPSK signals

A study of the cross-phase modulation (XPM) degradation of differential-phase-shift-keyed (DPSK) signals due to amplitude-shift-keyed signals is performed using pump-probe simulation. Approximate expressions for the contributions of the XPM-induced intensity and phase modulation to the electrical current fluctuations at the differential-phase-exchange-keyed receiver are presented. It is shown that, unlike prior works and similar to intensity-modulated signals, the contribution of XPM-induced intensity modulation is dominant in systems using standard fiber or high residual dispersion.     

All-optical generation of 40 Gb/s single sideband signals using a fiber Bragg grating

In this work, we demonstrate a reliable all-optical technique for performing optical double sideband (ODSB) to single sideband (OSSB) format conversion of a 40 Gb/s non-return-to-zero signal. It is based on the optimization of a detuned optical filter, which was implemented on a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with a complex apodization profile. An OSSB signal with negligible distortion was obtained, as the FBG presented a nearly ideal frequency response. Higher tolerance to chromatic dispersion enabled by the OSSB signal in comparison to the ODSB signal was demonstrated on both simulation and experimental results.     

XPM-induced crosstalk with higher order dispersion in SCM-WDM optical transmission link

In this paper, the XPM-induced crosstalk has been evaluated with higher order dispersion in SCM-WDM optical transmission link at different modulation frequencies. It has been observed that there is exponent increase in XPM-induced crosstalk with the increase in modulation frequency from 0 to 3 GHz. The impact of 3OD, 4OD and 5OD is small as compared to 2OD but still contributes when the combined terms are considered. The combined effect of second, third, fourth and fifth-order dispersion parameters is that the induced crosstalk introduced by XPM increases.     

High resolution instrumentation system for fibre-Bragg grating aerospace sensors

A passive technique for high-resolution detection of the wavelength of peak reflection from fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors is presented. The approach, based on a de-convolution of the FBG spectrum and the spectrometer resolution, essentially overcomes the low spectral resolution (≈0.1 nm) associated with commercial spectrometers employing CCD detection. The performance of two algorithms, the Centroid Detection algorithm (CDA) and the least squares method (LSQ), are compared. The LSQ algorithm offers resolution enhancement of at least two orders of magnitude and is shown to be independent of the FBG intensity and bandwidth over a broad range.     

提高基于F—P腔的光纤光栅解调精度的研究

提出了使用DSP对F-P腔滤波后的FBG反射谱进行信号处理的解调方案，DSP处理器不断地对测量支路和参考支路的信号进行采集、比较，从而解算出待测量的变化值。从光学原理上探讨了F-P腔用波长表示的干涉滤波函数，对光电探测器测得的信号进行反卷积模拟运算，得到了当光电探测器接收的光强度分布不是中心对称时，分别提高了0．0399nm和0．057nm的FBG反射谱，提高了光纤光栅传感器的解调精度。     

Impact of 2OD and 3OD on SRS- and XPM-induced crosstalk in SCM-WDM optical transmission link

In this paper, the impact of second-order dispersion (2OD), third-order dispersion (3OD) and modulation frequency over stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)- and cross-phase modulation (XPM)-induced crosstalk in sub-carrier-multiplexed (SCM) wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) transmission link has been analyzed. It has been observed that there is significant effect of 2OD, 3OD and modulation frequency on the SRS- and XPM-induced crosstalk in a SCM-WDM transmission link. Here the results for SRS- and XPM-induced crosstalk have been reported with independent and combined higher-order dispersion. It has been observed that XPM-induced crosstalk lies between [−52.8 to −45.3] and [−94.7 to −78.6] dB in the presence of 2OD and 3OD respectively for modulation frequencies varied from 500 MHz to 2.0 GHz, while it is in the range of [−94.4 to −84] and [−128.5 to −117] dB when both SRS and XPM are taken into consideration.     

Development of an optical fiber hydrophone with fiber Bragg grating

A new type of optical fiber hydrophone is constructed with a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based on the intensity modulation of laser light in an FBG under the influence of sound pressure. The FBG hydrophone shows linearity, with dynamic range about 70 dB. It can measure amplitude and phase of an acoustic field in real time, and operates in a wide range of acoustic frequency, at least from 1 kHz to 3 MHz. No signal distortion is observed in the detected signal. Because of the simplicity in its operating principle and geometry, an FBG hydrophone is expected to be an acoustic sensor of high practicality compared to a conventional optical fiber hydrophone.     

光源线宽和色散对DWDM通信系统光纤光栅滤波器的码率限制

分析了DWDM系统中光纤光栅滤波器透射色散特性,光源线宽和光栅透射色散对啁啾高斯光脉冲的展宽及对通信系统码率的限制,在适当的参量条件下,对系统码率进行了计算;结果表明,在接近单色时,啁啾是限制码率的主要因素,在线宽较大时,线宽成为限制码率的主要因素,光栅长度的增长,也将制约码率.     

High-speed optical bit-pattern recognition employing fibre Bragg grating and Opto-VLSI processing

We propose a novel optical bit-pattern recognition employing an Opto-VLSI processor in conjunction with an array of fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) with different Bragg wavelengths and a coherent-to-incoherent light converter. The FBG array slices the spectrum of the incoherent optical header and provides wavelength-dependent time delays, whereas the Opto-VLSI processor generates wavelength intensity profiles that match specific bit patterns. The recognition of 8-bit optical patterns is experimentally demonstrated at 2.2 Gb/s by showing that the correlator produces an autocorrelation waveform of high peak whenever the input bit pattern matches the wavelength intensity profile.     

The system of L-band 2×10 Gb/s WDM transmission over conventional single mode fibre with 600 km by chirped fibre Bragg gratings dispersion compensation

A chirped fibre Bragg grating according to ITU-T suggested L-band (2nd channel $\lambda _{1}=1570.83$~nm; 80th channel $\lambda _{2}=1603.57$ nm) with more than 1800 ps/nm single channel dispersion compensation is presented in this paper, of which the cladding mode loss, the delay curve ripple and the power fluctuation of the reflected spectrum are less than 0.5 dB, 50 ps and 0.25 dB, respectively. With this new FBG as dispersion compensation device, a $2\times 10$ Gb/s wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) L-band transmission of 600 km based on conventional single mode fibre (G.652 fibre) is performed without forward error correction. The bit error rate (BER) is less than 10$^{ - 12}$ and the power penalties of the 2{nd} and 80{th} channel of L-band are 1.8~dB and 2.0~dB, respectively.     

Compensation for Radio-over-Fibre Uplink Based on Hybrid Neural Networks

The radio-over-fibre （ROF） uplink, which combines the merit of optical fibre with that of microwave technology, can supply the high capacity of communication. However, there are two major issues： nonlinear distortion of the optical link and the multipath dispersion of the wireless channel, affecting the performance of the system. We propose an equalizer based on hybrid neural networks. The compensation needs no estimation of the channel. The simulated result shows that the ROF uplink can be adequately compensated and the performance of the equalizer depends on the channel noise.     

Dynamic strain monitoring by wavelength locking between two fiber Bragg gratings fiber sensing system

We demonstrated a fiber sensing system using the method of wavelength locking of two identical fibers Bragg gratings (FBG) to interrogate the wavelength shift by directly measuring the intensity of the reflection from the sensing Bragg grating. The light source of the fiber sensing system is an EDFA fiber ring laser pumped by a 980 nm laser diode and a narrow bandwidth fiber Bragg grating for the filter of the ring laser resonator. The wavelength shift is converted to the intensity deviation of the reflection from the sensing FBG under strain variation, and is able to achieve real-time sensing of the dynamic strain sensing in civil engineering. The characteristics and key factors to maintain stability of the dynamic strain sensing system are discussed.     

Fiber Bragg gratings for dispersion compensation in optical communication systems

This paper presents an overview of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) fabrication principles and applications with emphasis on the chirped FBG used for dispersion compensation in high-speed optical communication systems. We discuss the range of FBG parameters enabled by current fabrication methods, as well as the relation between the accuracy of FBG parameters and the performance of FBG-based dispersion compensators. We describe the theory of the group delay ripple (GDR) generated by apodized chirped fiber gratings using the analogy between noisy gratings and superstructure Bragg gratings. This analysis predicts the fundamental cutoff of the high frequency spatial noise of grating parameters in excellent agreement with the experimental data. We review the iterative GDR correction technique, which further improves the FBG quality and potentially enables consistent fabrication of FBG-based dispersion compensators and tunable dispersion compensators with unprecedented performance.     

Performance limitation of chirped-fiber-Bragg-grating-based photonic microwave notch filter due to group delay and reflectivity ripples

We investigated the performance limitation of a frequency-tunable photonic microwave notch filter incorporating a chirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG) as a group delay line. In particular, we carried out theoretical and experimental studies to analyze the impact of the reflectivity ripple (RR) and group delay ripple (GDR) in the chirped FBG on the output notch performance. The results of experimental and theoretical analyses performed on a photonic microwave notch filter in which an S-bending-based linearly chirped FBG was incorporated, revealed that the notch depth and notch frequency were significantly affected by imperfections in the chirped FBG. The notch depth was found to be decreased by the RRs, whereas significant fluctuations in the notch frequency were caused by the GDRs. On the basis of the obtained results, we conclude that the RR and the GDR are the fundamental factors that degrade the performance of chirped FBG-based photonic microwave filters.     

啁啾sinc取样光纤光栅研究

提出了一种特殊的取样光纤光栅：啁啾sinc取样光纤光栅.研究表明,对于均匀光纤光栅进行啁啾sinc取样,可以实现色散斜率补偿和获得精确的反射波长数控制;对啁啾光纤光栅进行啁啾sinc取样,则能够实现色散和色散斜率的同时补偿,并且可以进行精确的波长数控制及获得各信道一致的反射率.利用啁啾sinc取样光纤光栅,可以对各种传输光纤进行色散和色散斜率的补偿.     

一种新型温度自适应光纤光栅动态传感系统

 研究了采用温度控制光纤Bragg光栅（FBG）作为信号解调器件的自适应光纤光栅动态传感系统。系统利用半导体制冷器件对滤波用FBG进行温度控制,以改变FBG的窄带滤波波长,使之在合适的滤波波长工作,以适应测量环境温度变化,实现对传感器环境温度变化的自适应。通过采用参考信道,去除系统噪音,提高测量精度。系统动态应变传感精度达到9.745×10^-10(Hz^-1/2。     

Determination of the optimum electrical bandwidth for spectral slicing

The implementation of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) in communication access networks is dependent upon the availability of low cost optical sources. One possible alternative to lasers is to employ slices of a broadband optical source obtained via optical filters, which may be tuneable. This paper considers the behaviour of such a spectrally sliced optical transmission system as a function of the bandwidth of a realistic receiver electrical filter for the first time. The treatment includes distortion from optical fibre dispersion over several kilometres of fibre. The optimum ratio between the electrical bandwidth and the optical bit rate is found to be ~0.6 for a fifth-order Bessel filter     

An analysis on the effect of the equalizer parameters in a direct-modulation optical communication system employing an all-pass filter to combat chirp and dispersion

We consider the effect of the equalizer parameters in the performance of a direct modulated high-bit-rate communication system where the degrading combination of fibre dispersion and source chip is compensated using an all-pass optical filter.     

一种基于Optisystem的静态与动态色散补偿相结合方案研究

介绍色散补偿光纤DCF及动态啁啾光纤光栅FBG的补偿技术并比较其优缺点,提出在传统光传输系统末端加入动态FBG的方案,通过Optisystem仿真软件搭建40 Gbit/s的光传输系统,用FBG仿真光传输400 km的Q值为3.745,误码率为7.419 42e-5,用DCF静态混合补偿和静态与动态相结合的补偿方案分别仿真并比较两种方案传输相同距离的Q值和误码率的大小,证明提出的静态加动态的方案提高了光传输性能。     

Application of high-precision temperature-controlled FBG filter and light source self-calibration technique in the BOTDR sensor system

A high-precision temperature-controlled narrow band-stop fiber Bragg grating(FBG) filter and light source self-calibration technique are proposed for application in the Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer (BOTDR) sensor system.With the proposed application,the BOTDR sensor system maintains good long-term stability and temperature precision through the reduction of the center wavelength drift in the FBG filters and corresponding decrease in the changes in light intensity.The experiment result shows that temperature precision of 1℃and temperature stability of 0.7℃can be achieved in a temperature sensor over a range of 8 km.