High speed,long reach OFDM-FSO transmission link incorporating OSSB and OTSB schemes

Free Space Optics (FSO) link is extremely responsive to the diverse climate state of affairs that bound the FSO range. A demonstration of fading resistant FSO system using a simulated test-bed employing OFDM scheme is reported in this work to realize the prolonged FSO link with acceptable SNR and BER with the highest stream rate of 5 Gb ps under the impact of diverse weather conditions. Simulations point toward that the proposed hybrid OFDM-FSO transmission system incorporating OTSB- and OSSB-schemes promises significantly enhanced FSO link compared to conventional FSO systems.     

Optimal design of 32 channels spectrum slicing WDM for optical fiber access network system

In this article, the spectrum sliced dense wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network (SS-DWDM–PON) has been investigated as a power efficient and cost effective solution for optical access networks. In this work an AWG demultiplexer is used to operate as slicing system. The high speed SS-DWDM system has been realized and investigated for 32 channels with data rate up to 3 Gb/s using broadband ASE source (LED). The 3 Gb/s signals both non-return-to-zero (NRZ) and return-to-zero (RZ) were demonstrated in 40 km optical fiber link with BER < 10⁻¹². The results obtained here demonstrate that SS-DWDM is well suited for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network.     

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.     

A novel approach for simultaneous millimeter wave generation and high bit rate data transmission for Radio over Fiber (RoF) systems

We propose a novel method for simultaneous transmission of OC-192 (9.95328 Gbps) digital data and 60 GHz RF generation in a Standard Single Mode Fiber (SSMF) link utilizing Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). The system comprises of a 1550 nm DFB Laser diode, Mach Zehnder modulator (MZM), 50 km SSMF and Optical receiver. The receiver includes laser diode for optical pump, a regenerator for data retrieval and a RF bandpass filter for RF generation. This system requires minimum number of RF and optical components for the generation of 60 GHz RF. The remotely generated 60 GHz RF signal may be used for wireless transmission of data. The entire link is simulated in Optisystem software to analyze the system performance.     

High speed CO-OFDM-FSO transmission system

This work is focused to carry out the investigation of fading resistant coherent detected OFDM-FSO system using a simulated test-bed employing OSSB- and ODSB-schemes under clear weather conditions. The data rate transmission is enhanced to 1 Tbps range by employing the coherent detection scheme over a prolonged FSO link as compared to direct detection based OFDM-FSO system (Sharma [18]). Further, the simulated work is also demonstrated for OSSB- and ODSB-schemes to report the best scheme to be used in CO-OFDM-FSO systems to achieve acceptable BER at high data rate transmission (up to1 Tbps).     

Enhanced performance for 10 Gb/s long reach RSOA based WDM-PON by using power pre-emphasized OFDM signal

An extended reach 10 Gb/s wavelength division multiplexing passive optical networks (WDM-PONs) system based on reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) is proposed by using power pre-emphasized orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal. Experimental results show that the proposed technique can effectively enhance the system performance against the limited bandwidth and chirp induced fading effect from direct modulation of RSOA. The receiver sensitivity is improved by 5 dB at the limit of BER for forward error correction (FEC) code over the 60 km and 85 km fiber transmission without any dispersion compensation module.     

Research on OCDMA-based PON monitoring technologies

An optical fiber fault location method based on OCDMA coding is proposed, which may locate branch optical fiber fault at local side. The method expands dynamic range through coding gain without influencing event distinction degree. Through simulation, it indicates that dynamic range of the method may support optical fiber fault detection in PON with branching ratio of 1:16 and transmission distance of 20 km, while the distinction degree is about 10 cm.     

Performance comparison between digital back propagation (DBP) and pilot-aided method for fiber nonlinearity compensation in different fiber links

We numerically investigate and compare the performance of fiber nonlinearity compensation using digital back propagation (DBP) method and pilot-aided method in coherent optical transmission systems using different fiber links. Simulations for wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) 112 Gb/s polarization division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying (PDM-QPSK) systems with dispersion unmanaged (no DM) and dispersion managed (DM) fiber links are implemented. System Q-factor and maximum transmission distance at bit error rate (BER) of 3.8 ÿ 10^?3 are calculated for performance comparison. The results show that, for system with no DM fiber link, DBP method outperforms pilot-aided method, because DBP method has better performance for intra-channel fiber nonlinearity compensation. However, for system with DM fiber link where inter-channel fiber nonlinearity plays an important role, pilot-aided method performs better than DBP method, because of its ability for inter-channel fiber nonlinearity compensation.     

A novel full duplex 16 Gbps SCM/ASK radio over fiber WDM-PON sharing wavelength for up- and down-link using bidirectional reflective filter

In this paper, a new bidirectional wavelength division multiplexing radio-over-fiber (WDM-RoF) using Subcarrier Multiplexing/Amplitude Shift Keying (SCM/ASK) is proposed which shares the same wavelengths for both up-link and down-link. A bidirectional reflective filter (BRF) is utilized in the upstream link to provide a reliable bidirectional optical channel. WDM is used to further increase the capacity of system. Simulation of the proposed scheme demonstrates 1 Gbps down- and up-link data stream for 16 channels over the length of 25 km with acceptable Q-factor (>6 dB).     

Design and performance analysis in multiuser optical CDMA systems

The article presents comparative performance analysis of the proposed Optical CDMA system for 32 and 16 users with two dimensional codes. Numerical simulations have been done under interference significant environment, considering noise and dark current at data rates 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 Gbps over single mode fiber for transmission distance of more than 270 km. Results illustrate overall good performance, degraded with augment in bit rate and transmission distance, impervious with raise in number of simultaneous active users. Depicts significant performance improvement with inclusion of forward error correction RS (255,239), for low attenuation and chirp factor. It perceived, this is one of the efficient functional techniques for next generation broadband optical networks together with higher security owing to encoding and decoding, as it allow multiple users in the network to access the same fiber channel asynchronously.     

Realization of free space optics with OFDM under atmospheric turbulence

Free space optics (FSO) technology provides a promising solution for future broadband networks, offering high data transmission compared to RF technology. This work is focused on investigating the performance of an FSO system with OFDM and QAM. A 10 Gbps data stream is transmitted using a 4-level QAM sequence through the FSO system under different atmospheric conditions. Results indicate that the integration of SOA prolongs the maximum achievable distance with acceptable SNR to 185 km under clear weather conditions whereas under atmospheric fog, the maximum distance is extended to 2.5 km.     

Multiple access interference rejection in OCDMA using a two-photon absorption based semiconductor device

An experimental demonstration of a two-channel OCDMA system with detection performed using standard linear detection or a TPA-based nonlinear detector is presented. These results show an improvement in the extinction ratio of the decoded signal by ∼5 dB using TPA detection. A simulation model of the TPA detector used during the experiments was created and used in a four-channel OCDMA system simulation using both linear and nonlinear detection methods. The simulation results show that error-free performance is achievable for a 4-user system using the nonlinear TPA detector while the OCDMA system employing linear detection is severely limited by the effects of noise generated by adjacent optical channels (multiple access interference).     

A multi-channel full-duplex 60-GHz-band radio-over-fiber system

We propose and simulate a novel full-duplex radio-over-fiber system using a single light source at central station (CS). The scheme is employed to generate 60-GHz optical millimeter wave at CS for down-link transmission while the same optical carrier is reused at base station for up-link connection. There is no additional laser source for the upstream data generation in the base station. The bidirectional full-duplex 2.5 Gb/s data are successfully transmitted over 40 km standard single-mode fiber (SMF). The power penalty for the down-link data after transmission over 40 km SMF is less than 0.6 dB, while for the up-link data, the power penalty after transmission over 40 km SMF is neglected. This system shows good performance over long-distance delivery and has important applicable value in high radio frequency (RF) sector and multi-channel full-duplex system.     

A divided spectrum balanced detection technique for intensity noise reduction in SAC OCDMA systems

In this paper we propose a simple divided spectrum balanced detection (DSBD) for spectral amplitude coding (SAC) optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) systems. SAC OCDMA systems are limited by phase induced intensity noise (PIIN), which is a signal dependent source of noise. Our proposed technique reduces the PIIN by dividing the spectrum of the signal into two or more, and detecting each spectrum by a different photodiode. The DSBD scheme reduces the detected optical power at photodetection, thus resulting in a higher mitigation of the PIIN. Theoretical results show that DSBD demonstrate noticeable improvement over traditional balanced detection technique, for example an up to 33% increase in the number of active users can be achieved, and at least 1 × 10⁻³ b/s Hz increase in the spectral efficiency is obtained. However, the SDBD is more complex and append more constrains on system components.     

2.50 Gbit/s optical CDMA over FSO communication system

Optical CDMA over FSO communication system is very effective to provide high data rate transmission with very low bit error rate and low amount of multiple access interference. In this paper, we have presented optical CDMA over FSO communication system to the range of 8000 m. The simulative results reveal that the transmission distance is limited mainly by the multi-access interference (MAI) which arises when there are number of users in the system because of the fact that one user data becomes noisy for all other users in the channel.     

Enhanced performance analysis of optical CDMA communication system

Optical CDMA technique is required to meet the increased demand for high speed, large capacity communications in optical networks. OCDMA assures data access security and supports asynchronous burst data transmission. In this paper, improvement in optical CDMA has been done by implementing forward error correction technique and a distance of 100 km was achieved BER 10⁻¹⁹ at bit rate 3.75 Gbps with forward error correction in optical CDMA.     

Multi parameter optimization of Raman Fiber Amplifier using genetic algorithm for S band dense wavelength division multiplexed system

A simple genetic algorithm is implemented to perform multi parameter optimization of Raman Fiber Amplifier for 100 channel S band dense wavelength division multiplexed system at 25 GHz interval. A cost effective system using single Raman pump is investigated aiming at maximum average gain. The single counter propagating pump is optimized to frequency of 211.528 THz and 652.93 mW power level with optimum Raman fiber length of 44.064 Km. There is evidence to show that the optimum solution presents a small gain variation (less than 3 dB) over an effective bandwidth covering 197–199.475 THz. The optimized configuration enabled an adequate system performance in terms of acceptable Q-factor (19.52 dB) and BER (1.46 × 10⁻²¹).     

A novel encoder/decoder design scheme utilizing differential detection in OCDMA systems

In this paper, we report the use of differential detection in optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA) systems which use encoders and decoders based on unbalanced codes and utilize bipolar modulation/differential detection to demonstrate a significant improvement in system performance. Differential detection has been reported earlier also requiring a large number of one-chips in the code for (balanced codes) or with unbalanced codes with very long temporal dimensions requiring a large number of delay elements (either the delay lines in the ladder-type structures or the gratings in the multiple fiber gratings) making the encoder/decoder structures. We use single pulse per row codes to design our system and carry out the simulations for showing the results. The improved BER performance is achieved that can be traded for increasing the number of codes. Using optical simulation tool, the OCDMA system has been simulated for four users. The results of this system utilizing differential detection and another system that uses the same coding scheme but employing direct detection, for the same number of interfering users, are shown for comparison. The BER and the power penalty plots are shown for the two systems. Also, it is shown that performance degradation occurs due to the linear and non-linear effects of the fiber medium. The BER worsens more rapidly with link length for direct detection case, whereas for differential detection with an initial improvement of 8 dB, the increase in BER is insignificantly small for a link length of 500 km.     

Power penalty in multitone radio-over-fibre system employing direct and external modulation with optical amplifiers

This paper presents a multitone RoF system employing a central station and a remote antenna station to transmit modulated microwave or mm-wave signals. Two configurations of the system employing direct and external modulation are presented. First, at the central station, the modulating signal is directly and externally modulated at 1549.5 and 1550.5 nm, respectively, and the combined signal is then transmitted using wireless mode. In the second configuration, the combined signal is transmitted over 20 km to the remote antenna station using optical fibre connectivity. At the remote antenna station, both channel wavelengths are separated and amplified with an EDFA and SOA and are detected. The demonstration results show that there exists a small power penalty between the direct and the external modulation. But a large power penalty is reported depending upon the choice of optical amplifier viz. EDFA or SOA. Better performance is recorded in later case. The results also show that power is being distributed among the operating frequency and sidebands adjacent to it after transmission over a fibre link.     

Performance improvement for N × 80-Gb/s WDM transmission link with optimized alternate polarization

In this paper, it is shown that at a high bit rate of 80-Gb/s alternate polarization of adjacent bits in a Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) transmission link improves the system performance in terms of improved Q factor and minimum bit error rate (BER). Alternate Polarization Return to Zero (al-PRZ) further suppresses the non-linear effects at higher power levels of 25 dBm per channel and also improves the transmission length to 640 km for a N × 80-Gb/s WDM system and hence results in an improvement of BER to 10⁻²⁰.