Optical linearization for intensity-modulated analog links employing equivalent incoherent combination technique

2011 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics - Jointly Held with the 2011 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, MWP/APMP 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 230-233

  Dai, Jian ^a   Xu, Kun ^a   Duan, Ruimin ^a   Cui, Yan ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Lin, Jintong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Analog optical link; intensity modulator; optical linearization; third order intermodulation distortion

Indexed keywords

ANALOG LINKS; ANALOG OPTICAL LINK; ELECTRICAL DOMAINS; INTENSITY MODULATORS; THIRD ORDER INTERMODULATION DISTORTION;

INTERMODULATION; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; LINEARIZATION; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL LINKS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 84055189893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2011.6088712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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