55dB CNR over 50km of fibre in an 80-channel externally-modulated AM-CATV system without optical amplification

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 226-227

  Piehler, D ^a   Zou, X ^a   Kuo, C Y ^a   Nilsson, A ^a   Kleefeld, J ^a   Garcia, G ^a   Ralston, J D ^b   Mathur, A ^b  

^a Harmonic Inc   (United States)

^b SDL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Cable television; Community antenna television; Optical communication; Optical fibre communication

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL LINKS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION; DIFFERENTIAL DETECTION; OPTICAL MODULATION INDEX; SUPERTRUNKING;

CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030736383     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970153     Document Type: Article

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