Analog laser predistortion for multiservice radio-over-fiber systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1211-1223

  Roselli, L ^a   Borgioni, V ^b   Zepparelli, F ^a   Ambrosi, F ^a   Comez, M ^b   Faccin, P ^c   Casini, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b WIS Srl ^*  (Italy)

^c Tekmar Sistemi Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compensation; Laser modeling; Nonlinear distortion; Predistortion; Radio over fiber (RoF)

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ANALOG LASER PREDISTORTION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0043095472     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810931     Document Type: Article

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