Effect of third-order intermodulation on radio-over-fiber systems by a dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator with ODSB and OSSB signals

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2052-2058

  Cho, Tae Sik ^a   Kim, Kiseon ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder modulator; Optical double sideband (ODSB); Optical fiber dispersion; Optical single sideband (OSSB); Optimization; Signal to noise and distortion ratio (SNDR); Third order intermodulation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DUAL-ELECTRODE MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPTICAL DOUBLE-SIDEBAND; OPTICAL SINGLE-SIDEBAND; RADIO-OVER-FIBER SYSTEM; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE-AND-DISTORTION RATIO; THIRD-ORDER INTERMODULATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33744918551     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.872687     Document Type: Article

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