Wide-band predistortion linearization for externally modulated long-haul analog fiber-optic links

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1458-1463

  Urick, Vincent J ^a,b,d,e   Rogge, Matthew S ^a,b,e   Knapp, Patrick F ^a,b,c,e   Swingen, Lee ^a,b   Bucholtz, Frank ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SFA INC   (United States)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e Sigma Pi Sigma ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG FIBER-OPTIC LINKS; SPURIOUS-FREE DYNAMIC-RANGE (SFDR); WIDE-BAND PREDISTORTION;

FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LINEARIZATION; MICROWAVES; PHOTONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 33645908511     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.871357     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. E. E. Funk, V. J. Urick, S. J. Strutz, J. L. Dexter, and K. J. Williams, "110 km 256-QAM digital microwave over fiber link," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microw. Symp. Dig., Philadelphia, PA, Jun. 2003, pp. 269-272.
2. V. J. Urick, J. X. Qiu, J. L. Dexter, K. J. Williams, F. Bucholtz, and C. McDermitt, "Giga-symbol-per-second 16-QAM transmission over a single-channel Raman-amplified 100 km link," in OFC Tech. Dig., Los Angeles. CA, Mar. 2004, Paper ThM2.
3. A. Katz, W. Jemison, M. Kubak, and J. Dragone, "Improved radio over fiber performance using predistortion linearization," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microw. Symp. Dig., Philadelphia, PA, Jun. 2003, pp. 1403-1406.
4. V. Magoon and B. Jalali, "Electronic linearization and bias control for externally modulated fiber optic link," in IEEE Int. Microw. Photon. Meeting, Oxford, U.K., Sep. 2000, pp. 145-147.
5. G. C. Wilson, T. H. Wood, M. Gans, J. L. Zyskind, J. W. Sulhoff, J. E. Johnson, T. Tanbun-Ek, and P. A. Morton, "Predistortion of electroabsorption modulators for analog CATV systems at 1.55 μm," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 1654-1662, Sep. 1997.
6. L. Roselli, V. Borgioni, F. Zepparelli , F. Ambrosi, M. Comez, P. Facein, and A. Casini, "Analog laser predistortion for multiservice radio-over-fiber systems," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1211-1223, May 2003.
7. T. Ismail, C. P. Liu, J. E. Mitchell, and A. J. Seeds, "Interchannel distortion suppression for broad-band wireless over fiber transmission using feed-forward linearized DFB laser," in IEEE Int. Microw. Photon. Meeting, Oct. 2004, pp. 229-232.
8. R. Sadhwani, J. Basak, and B. Jalali, "Adaptive electronic linearization of fiber optic links," in OFC Tech. Dig., Atlanta, GA, Apr. 2003, pp. 477-479.
9. Y. Chiu, B. Jalali, S. Garner, and W. Steier, "Broad-band electronic linearizer for externally modulated analog fiber-optic links," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 48-50, Jan. 1999.
10. B. B. Dingel, "Ultra-linear, broad-band optical modulator for high performance analog fiber link system," in IEEE Int. Microw. Photon. Meeting, Oct. 2004, pp. 241-244.
11. L. A. Johansson, Y. A. Akulova, G. A. Fish, and L. A. Coldren, "Linearized modulator for monolithically integrated photonic devices," in IEEE Int. Microw. Photon. Meeting, Oct. 2004, pp. 233-236.
12. J. A. MacDonald, M. V. Kuback, and A. Katz, "Wideband dynamic range improvement if microwave photonic links," presented at the Avion., Fiber-Optics, Photon. Conf., Minneapolis, Sep. 2005, Paper ThB3, unpublished.
13. B. H. Kolner and D. W. Dolfi, "Intermodulation distortion and compression in an integrated electrooptic modulator," Appl. Opt., vol. 26, no. 17, pp. 3676-3680, Sep. 1987.
14. K. J. Williams, L. T. Nichols, and R. D. Esman, "Photodetector non-linearity limitations on a high-dynamic range 3 GHz fiber optic link," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 192-199, Feb. 1998.
15. H. Schmuck, "Comparison of optical millimeter-wave system concepts with regard to chromatic dispersion," Electron. Lett., vol. 31, no. 21, pp. 1848-1849, Oct. 1995.
16. V. J. Uriek and F. Bucholtz, "Compensation of arbitrary chromatic dispersion in analog links using a modulation-diversity receiver," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 893-895, Apr. 2005.
17. X. P. Mao, R. W. Tkach, A. R. Chraplyvy, R. M. Jopson, and R. M. Derosier, "Stimulated Brillouin threshold dependence on fiber type and uniformity," IEEE Photon. Technol., Lett., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 66-69, Jan. 1992.
18. A. Kobyakov, M. Sauer, and J. E. Hurley, "SBS threshold of segmented fibers," in OFC Tech. Dig., Anaheim, CA, Mar. 2005, Paper OME5.