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.     

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.     

Modify SRS-induced crosstalk with variety of fiber in SCM–WDM transmission links

In this paper, the SRS-induced crosstalk has been evaluated in a SCM–WDM communication links at different modulation frequencies and transmission lengths for variety of fiber. Results show that SRS-induced crosstalk dominates at low frequency. As the dispersion and effective area of fiber (A_eff) decreases, initially the crosstalk remains high and then it decreases with increase in modulation frequency. The present work shows that out of five different types of fiber, standard single mode fiber (SMF) has minimum crosstalk (−78 to −38) dB, (−55 to −33) dB and (−46 to −34) dB at modulation frequencies, transmission lengths and optical powers. Dispersion compensation fiber (DCF) has maximum crosstalk (−60 to −12) dB, (−37 to −12) dB and (−27 to −12) dB at modulation frequencies and transmission lengths.     

Simulative investigation on the impact of laser-spectral width in single-tone radio-over-fiber transmission system using optical single side-band technique

In this paper, we analyzed the impact of laser-spectral width incorporating dual-electrode Mach–Zehnder modulator (DEMZM) in single-tone radio-over-fiber (RoF) transmission system by simulation setup. It is shown that an improvement in the measurement of received radio frequency (RF) power is achieved by reducing the laser line width from 100 MHz to 100 kHz, which further improves the BER rate and optical link by transmitting the information with low power. The results are calculated for 20 and 50 km optical single sideband (OSSB)–RoF transmission system by varying the chirp from 0 to −3 as it requires less bandwidth than optical dual sideband (ODSB)–RoF system and is tolerable for power degradation due to a chromatic fiber-dispersion, through a standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) carried by a continuous wave (CW) laser at 1550 nm of laser-spectral width varying from 100 MHz to 100 kHz with CW power of 10 mW that modulates a single RF channel of 20 GHz. Further, deployment of such lasers with OSSB scheme helps the telecom industry to reduce the designing cost of RoF communication systems.     

New scheme of two-channel WDM modulation with cascaded attenuated-total-reflection modulators

In this paper, we propose a two-channel WDM modulation system by cascading attenuated-total-reflection (ATR) modulators. This system is free from channel demultiplexing and multiplexing elements. Two independent light signals with 20 nm channel spacing are experimentally demonstrated with modulation crosstalk less than −20 dB between the channels.     

Performance evaluation of SCM-WDM communication in the presence of SRS induced crosstalk for different types of fiber

In this paper, the SRS-induced crosstalk has been evaluated in a SCM-WDM communication link at different modulation frequencies for various type of fibers. Results show that SRS-induced crosstalk dominates at low frequency. As the dispersion and effective area of fiber (A_eff) decreases, initially the crosstalk remains high and then it decreases with increase in modulation frequency. The present work shows that out of five different types of fibers, Standard Single Mode Fiber (SMF) has minimum crosstalk (−53 to −64 dB) and True Wave fiber (TW) has maximum crosstalk (−47 to −48 dB).     

Coherent crosstalk in passive microring based Optical Networks-on-Chip

Optical Networks-on-Chip (ONoC) is emerging technology for future optical interconnects used in all optical networks. The electrical interconnects face lot of problems due to their inability to support higher data rates used in the System-on-Chip (SoC) technologies. Integrated optical interconnects based on SoC avoid this bottleneck with their support to higher data rates. In this paper for the first time we have studied and analyzed ONoC at physical level for the system performance based on crosstalk, BER, throughput, system frequency, and other related parameters. The investigation of ONoC performance is carried out for the multistage microring optical crossconnect on SoC for coherent WDM signals. The analysis can be used in the design of ultra-high speed photonic routers for reliable data communication and processing. The results show the dependency of a coherent crosstalk on the system frequency of SoC and also illustrate the reduction in throughput with increase in number of WDM signals due to higher probability of packet transmission. Minimum 2 dB signal to noise ratio can be obtained when crosstalk is ?25 dB with 60 wavelengths for probability of packet transmission is 0.5.     

Reflectivity Characteristics of Resonant Four Wave Mixing Generated in Erbium-Doped Optical Fibers

Resonant four-wave mixing (RFWM) based on the photo-induced refractive index change in erbium-doped optical fibers is demonstrated experimentally. The erbium-doped fibers act as a saturable absorber at 1.536 μm pump wavelength. Dependence of efficiency of RFWM on the pump power, the dopant concentration, the fiber length, and the signal modulation frequency are analyzed using three types of erbium-doped fibers differing in dopant concentration. It is found that a signal modulation frequency higher than 10 kHz is required for the correct measurement. The RFWM efficiency is improved with an increase in the input pump power in a range up to 1.5 mW and the highest reflectivity of 5.1% is attained. The highest RFWM efficiency is achieved at αgsL ∼ 5 dB, which is in good agreement with the theory.     

Simulation of DWDM signals using optimum span scheme with cascaded optimized semiconductor optical amplifiers

We numerically simulated the ten channels at 10 Gb/s dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transmission faithfully over 17,227 km using 70 km span of single mode fiber (SMF) and dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) using optimum span scheme at channel spacing 20 GHz. For this purpose, inline optimized semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and DPSK format are used. We optimized the SOA parameters for inline amplifier with minimum crosstalk and amplified spontaneous emission noise with sufficient gain at bias current 400 mA. For this bias current, constant gain 36.5 dB is obtained up to saturation power 21.35 mW. We have also optimized the optical phase modulator bandwidth for 400 mA current which is around 5.5 GHz with crosstalk −14.2 dB between two channels at spacing 20 GHz.We show the 10×10 Gb/s transmission over 70 km distance with inline amplifier has good signal power received as compared to without amplifier, even at equal quality factor. We further investigated the optimum span scheme for 5670 km transmission distance for 10×10 Gb/s with channel spacing 20 at 5.5 GHz optical phase modulator bandwidth. As we increase the transmission distance up to 17,227 km, there is increase in power penalty with reasonable quality.The impact of optical power received and Q factor at 5670 and 17,227 km transmission distance for different span schemes for all channels has been illustrated. For launched optical power less than saturation, all channels are obtained at bit error rate floor of 10⁻¹⁰.     

All-optical modulation at 1.3 μm wavelength in the inGaAsP/InP system

All-optical, normal-to-surface modulation in InGaAsP epitaxial layers, lattice matched to InP, is investigated. Close to the gap wavelength of 1.3 m a transmission increase under optical excitation is observed. A modulation depth of 34% is achieved for 0.8 mW pump power at 790 nm wavelength. The modulation frequency is limited by excess carrier lifetime. A 3 dB frequency of 80 MHz is achieved with a 10 dB decrease at 400 MHz. A lateral electric field enlarges the bandwidth but decreases the modulation depth. For weak excitation the experiments are well described in terms of direct electronic transitions between parabolic bands or in terms of simple band filling. The devices are well suited for parallel optical data processing.     

Transmission passband,optical crosstalk and cascadability of free-space concave grating demultiplexer for dense WDM networks

We describe the performance of a 100 channel free-space concave grating demultiplexer with 1dB transmission passband of ±7GHz (FWHM 14–22GHz). The influence of optical aberrations and defocusing on the transmission spectrum is demonstrated. Crosstalk between neighbouring channels separated by >0.3nm is lower than –25dB and no penalty due to crosstalk is observed using 2.6Gbit/s directly modulated DFB lasers. Penalty-free transmission through a cascade of 30 demultiplexers is demonstrated in an optical fibre recirculating loop experiment, and the permitted tolerances on the laser frequency misalignments for a larger number of cascaded demultiplexers are investigated.     

Parameter optimization and characteristic analysis of a polymer microring resonant wavelength multiplexer

Novel formulas of transmission functions are presented, some parameters are optimized, and transmission characteristics are analyzed for a polymer microring resonant wavelength multiplexer around the central wavelength of 1.55 μm with the wavelength spacing of 5.6 nm and with eight vertical output channels. The computed results show that the designed device possesses some excellent features including the 3 dB bandwidth of 0.25 μm, weaker background light of 3.8×10⁻⁴, smaller inserted loss of less than 0.6 dB, and lower crosstalk below −20 dB for every vertical output channel.     

Systematic investigation of silicon digital 1×2 electro-optic switch based on a microdisk resonator through carrier injection

We perform a systematic investigation on the silicon digital 1×2 electro-optic switch based on a microdisk resonator with the refractive index tuned by carrier injection and extraction. Analytical expressions are proposed to quantify the crosstalk, insertion loss and switching time, and then they are used to analyze the effect of the coupling-in/out coefficient, internal loss, and quality factor. Both electron beam lithography and photolithography were employed to construct the asymmetrically coupled microdisk resonator integrated with a p-i-n diode. A high-performance switch has been demonstrated with a crosstalk of less than −20 dB, a switching time of ∼2 ns, as well as a power consumption of 0.46 mW. Moreover, the switching of optical signals with high data rates has been characterized and analyzed under different working conditions.     

Four channel Mach–Zehnder demultiplexer using multimode interferometers in InP/InGaAsP

1 × 4 and 4 × 4 wavelength demultiplexers using multimode interferometer (MMI) were successfully demonstrated in InP/InGaAsP. Optical transmission characteristics were measured for each input to output for transverse electric (TE)/transverse magnetic (TM) modes. Reduced polarization sensitivity less than 0.3 nm was achieved in 1 × 4 MMI-MZ demultiplexer with –15 dB channel-to-channel cross talk. For 4 × 4 MMI-MZ demultiplexer, the optical crosstalk was well below –16 dB in TM mode for all input to output measurements.     

光纤传输系统中互相位调制和受激拉曼散射串扰噪声的比较研究Ⅱ--级联传输系统

在具有级联光放大器的密集波分复用强度调制一直接检测光纤系统中，导出了包含互相位调制和受激拉曼散射共同作用的强度／相位矩阵表达式。在计算强度噪声谱的基础上，研究了互相位调制和受激拉曼散射的相互耦合并用于密集波分复用系统的噪声分析。在带色散补偿的密集波分复用级联光纤传输系统中(如80信道，信道间距50GHz)，受激拉曼散射引入的串扰噪声功率可能超过互相位调制。最后，给出了密集波分复用系统分析与设计的若干建议。     

Generation of stable and high-quality frequency-locked carriers based on improved re-circulating frequency shifter

An optical multicarrier generator based on the improved re-circulating frequency shifter (RFS) to generate a larger number of frequency-locked carriers with high-quality has been studied. By eliminating the third-order crosstalk components, the output carrier's number and optical signal-to-noise-ratio (OSNR) of the generator have been improved significantly. In addition, the maximum output OSNR and optimal radio-frequency drive voltages in the cases of different desired carrier numbers have been obtained. Using the improved configuration, 130-tone with high-quality (tone-to-noise ratio ～20 dB and superior flatness <3 dB) where the drive voltage is only around 0.5Vπ can be achieved. The simulation results show a good agreement with the theoretical analysis. The multicarrier generator based on the improved RFS has the potential application in the terabit superchannel optical transmission.     

光纤传输系统中互相位调制和受激拉曼散射串扰噪声的比较研究Ⅰ--单级传输系统

在密集波分复用强度调制直接检测光纤系统中 ,导出了包含互相位调制和受激拉曼散射共同作用的强度/相位矩阵表达式。在计算强度噪声谱的基础上 ,研究了互相位调制和受激拉曼散射的相互耦合并用于密集波分复用系统的噪声分析。分析表明 ,受激拉曼散射主要引入低频串扰噪声 ,而互相位调制主要引入高频串扰噪声。相邻较近信道引入的串扰噪声主要来源于互相位调制 ,相邻较远信道引入的串扰噪声主要来源于受激拉曼散射。在单级传输 (无色散补偿 )系统中 ,系统性能一般首先受到互相位调制的限制     

DWDM VSB modulation-format optical transmission: Effects of optical filtering and electrical equalization

The transmission of 40 Gb/s wavelength multiplexed channels under vestigial single side band modulation format is transmitted over long haul optically amplified fiber systems. Bit-error-rate (BER) of 10⁻¹² or better can be achieved across all channels. Optical filters are designed with asymmetric roll-off bands. Simulations of the transmission performance, BER versus receiver sensitivity are demonstrated with wavelength channel spacing of 20–40 GHz. An optical filter, whose passband is 28 GHz and 20 dB cut-off band, performs best for 40 Gb/s bit rate due to optimum filtering and minimum noise contribution. Furthermore the single-sideband property of VSB format can assist linear equalization by electronic processing. The transmission performance is accurately evaluated based on the eye opening using a fast statistical method based on an equivalent Gaussian probability density distribution (pdf) which is derived from multiple peaks pdf of distorted eye diagram.     

密集波分复用条件下的光轨网络串扰分析与仿真

光轨网络是一种能够利用成熟的光学器件实现带宽灵活分配和信息交换的新型网络.串扰是限制光轨网络的物理层性能及其扩展性的重要因素.本文讨论了典型的光轨网络节点中异频串扰和同频串扰的产生原因,理论分析了两者对光轨网络的物理层传输性能的影响.给出了3种串扰性能的评价方法.以密集波分复用技术为应用背景,分别搭建了器件隔离度为20 dB和30 dB的、具有3个节点5个波长且单波长速率为2.5 Gbps的光轨网络,仿真了串扰在光轨网络中的传播过程,并计算了光轨网络的误码率、功率代价和相对串扰.理论分析和仿真结果表明:光滤波器、解复用器和复用器是光轨网络中串扰产生的关键器件,且提高器件的隔离度等性能对于提高光轨网络的传输性能会有较显著的效果;在密集波分复用条件下,串扰对单波长速率为2.5 Gbps的光轨网络的误码率和功率代价具有显著的影响,从而限制了光轨网络实际可用的节点数目.