10Gbit／s级联光纤放大器通信系统的传输距离

本文数值模拟了强度调制光信号在级联光纤放大器常规ＳＭＦ通信系统中的传输,在模拟中主要考虑了自相位调制、群带色散和ＡＳＥ噪声。我们使用负色散补偿光纤去补偿群速色散和自相位调制。结果表明如果色散得到很好的补偿,当放大器的间距减少到５０ｋＭ时,无误码２０５０ｋｍ传输是可能的。     

Comparison between NRZ and RZ signal formats for in-line amplifiertransmission in the zero-dispersion regime

Nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) and return-to-zero (RZ) signal formats are experimentally and numerically compared for single-channel long-distance transmission in an in-line amplifier system with dispersion management providing average zero dispersion and local nonzero dispersion at an interval equal to the in-line amplifier spacing. Among a 20-ps RZ signal, a 40-ps RZ signal, and an NRZ signal transmitted in 10 Gb/s straight-line experiments, the last signal achieves the longest transmission distance of 6000 km while the others are limited to 4400 km. Numerical simulations explain these results well and show that, along with linear amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) accumulation, signal waveform distortion due to the combined effect of higher order group-velocity dispersion (GVD) and self-phase modulation (SPM) dominates the performance. Nonlinear optical noise enhancement is not obvious because of the fiber dispersion arrangement. Signals with large pulse widths are less affected by the combined effect, while small-width signals yield superior initial signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as determined by optical noise. A detailed simulation indicates that a pulse width of about 60 ps is optimum for long distance transmission under the fiber dispersion arranged in this paper     

Repetition-frequency multiplication of mode-locked pulses usingfiber dispersion

In this paper, we describe a novel method for generating a highly repetitive optical pulse train using mode-locked pulses and the group-velocity dispersion (GVD) of optical fiber. An optical pulse train at a multiplied repetition frequency oscillation of an initial mode-locked pulse train is obtained by adjusting waveform fiber length in accordance with the mode-locking frequency and the fiber's GVD. A subterahertz optical pulse train (98-196 GHz) was successfully generated with low pulse intensity fluctuation     

Noise characteristics and statistics of picosecond Stokes pulsesgenerated in optical fibers through stimulated Raman scattering

The growth of the Stokes pulse from spontaneous noise during stimulated Raman scattering of picosecond pump pulses in optical fibers, is investigated by using a Langevin-noise term in the coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations, which include pump depletion, group-velocity mismatch, fiber dispersion, and self- and cross-phase modulation. The model makes use of the actual Raman-gain spectrum of optical fibers. Numerical simulations are used to examine the average behavior of the Stokes pulse, and shot-to-shot fluctuations that are likely to occur in practice. It is shown that the Raman-induced energy transfer is significantly affected by group-velocity dispersion for pump-pulse widths shorter than 5 ps. Examination of the average temporal width shows that the Stokes pulse is initially as wide as the pump pulse, undergoes a gain induced compression and then rebroadens for distances longer than a walk-off length. The effect of varying pump and fiber parameters is to change the minimum value of the Stokes-pulse width, and the distance at which the minimum occurs. The shot-to-shot energy and pulse-width fluctuations initially increase before being reduced at fiber lengths longer than the walk-off length. The primary effect of dispersive and nonlinear effects is to change the distance beyond which fluctuations decrease     

Pulse compression dynamics in a nonlinear longitudinally inhomogeneous optical fiber

The output characteristics of a Gaussian frequency-modulated pulse in a longitudinally inhomogeneous single-mode active nonlinear optical fiber are investigated. On the basis of the numerical analysis of the obtained dynamic equations, it is shown that, by means of varying the input pulse parameters and the type of the longitudinal inhomogeneity of the group-velocity dispersion, it is possible to effectively control not only the length and degree of the compression of the propagating pulse but also the number of maximum-compression points along the length of the optical fiber.     

Generation of synchronized subterahertz optical pulse trains byrepetition-frequency multiplication of a subharmonic synchronousmode-locked semiconductor laser diode using fiber dispersion

We describe the generation of a synchronized, low-jitter, subterahertz optical pulse train by repetition-frequency multiplication of a subharmonic synchronous mode-locked semiconductor laser diode using the group-velocity dispersion (GVD) of optical fiber. A 49-196 GHz optical pulse train was generated with low intensity fluctuation and with low timing jitter, by adjusting fiber length in accordance with the mode-locking frequency and the fiber's GVD     

Unrepeated transmission of 20-Gb/s optical quadrature phase-shift-keying signal over 200-km standard single-mode fiber based on digital processing of homodyne-detected signal for Group-velocity dispersion compensation

We demonstrate unrepeated optical transmission of 20-Gb/s quadrature phase-shift-keying (QPSK) signals over a 200-km-long standard single-mode fiber (SMF) without using any optical dispersion compensator. By employing optical homodyne detection, which can restore the entire information of the complex amplitude of the transmitted signal, group-velocity dispersion (GVD) of the SMF can be compensated electrically by a linear equalizer at the receiver. From off-line bit-error-rate measurements, we find that a simple transversal filter implemented in digital signal processing circuits after homodyne detection can effectively cancel the fiber GVD of up to 4000 ps/nm, enabling successful 20-Gb/s QPSK transmission.     

Effects of water absorption peaks on transmission characteristics of LED-based lightwave systems operating near 1.3 µm wavelength

Chromatic dispersion effects on LED-based optical fiber systems are calculated as a function of transmission length and the LED central wavelength. The computer analysis includes the filtering effects of water absorption which reduces the spectral width of LED signal pulses. We show that the basebandwidth of multimode fiber systems can be significantly increased by offsetting the LED central wavelength above the wavelength at which minimum chromatic dispersion occurs in the fiber medium. Additional bandwidth degradation due to modal dispersion effects are not considered. However, the combined effects of optical loss and chromatic dispersion are used to calculate upper limits for repeater spacings in possible multimode wideband systems.     

Transmission of 2-ps optical pulses at 1550 nm over 40-km standardfiber using midspan optical phase conjugation in semiconductor opticalamplifiers

We demonstrate transmission of 2-ps optical pulses at 1550 nm over 40 km of standard fiber by employing midspan optical phase conjugation in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs). The second-order group-velocity dispersion of the fiber is completely compensated and the third-order dispersion becomes a major transmission limitation. This experiment shows that the midspan optical phase conjugation system using SOAs is applicable to ultrahigh bit rates greater than 100 Gb/s     

Generation of frequency-doubling mm-wave signal using a Mach–Zehnder modulator with three arms to overcome fiber chromatic dispersion

We propose a novel method to generate optical frequency-doubling mm-wave signal by using a three-arm Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM) for radio-over-fiber (RoF) systems. Since the optical carrier and its two 2nd-order sidebands are dominant, the 2nd-order harmonic in the photocurrent gets maximal. When the optical mm-wave signal is transmitted in standard single-mode fiber (SSMF), there is no time shift of code edges because the data signal is only carried by the optical carrier. The 2nd-order harmonic in the photocurrent consists of two beating products, so it experiences a periodical fading effect when the optical mm-wave signal is transmitted in SSMF. However, if a proper direct-current (DC) bias is applied to the data modulation arm in the MZM architecture to adjust the position of the fading nodes, the degradation on the photocurrent can be avoided. A RoF link is built based on the novel scheme by simulation, and the transmission performance of the proposed scheme is presented. The eye diagram still keeps open and clear even after 40 km transmission. Simulation results prove our theoretical analysis.     

混沌信号在色散光纤传输过程中的演化

研究了色散光纤混沌传输理论及混沌信号与色散光纤相互作用的物理机制;通过耦合激光混沌系统和色散光纤传输信道,提出了色散光纤混沌信号传输演化物理模型;提出混沌信号在色散光纤传输中的非线性演化频率啁啾和公式;着重分析光纤色散对激光混沌信号传输与演化的作用,色散能够展宽混沌信号脉冲,但不影响混沌信号的形状;色散能够改变混沌信号每个频谱分量相位,但不影响混沌信号频谱形状;色散能够改变混沌信号光场慢变场分量的变化,但不改变混沌信号包络时变特性,也不影响混沌信号脉冲的功率分布和场强分布;色散能够改变混沌吸引子在相空间整体旋转角度并使其旋转角度随光纤传输长度而发生改变,但不改变混沌吸引子在相空间中的内部结构.最后数值模拟了混沌信号在光纤传输过程中的相位、场慢变部分分量以及混沌吸引子等演化形式等.     

Quantum-limited timing jitter in actively modelocked lasers

Expressions for the quantum-limited timing jitter in an actively modelocked fiber laser are derived. We identify a set of characteristic constants that govern the timing jitter for the cases using amplitude modulation (AM) and phase modulation (PM) as the active modelocking elements. We find that when using AM, the Gordon-Haus jitter is proportional to the square of the group-velocity dispersion and reaches a minimum value for the case of low dispersion. Using PM, the Gordon-Haus jitter increases only linearly proportional to group-velocity dispersion, and there exists an optimum group-velocity dispersion that minimizes the jitter. We compare the theory to recent experiments of the timing jitter for an active harmonically modelocked fiber laser.     

Fibre transmission distance determined by eye opening degradation due to selfphase modulation and group-velocity dispersion

Numerical analysis of IM signal propagation in an optical fibre is carried out taking selfphase modulation and group-velocity dispersion into account. The transmission distance yielding a prescribed eye opening penalty, in the normal dispersion region, is shown to be inversely proportional to the square root of the signal power.<>     

In-service monitor for group-velocity dispersion of optical fibretransmission systems

A novel technique for in-service monitoring of the group-velocity dispersion (GVD) in optical fibre transmission systems is proposed. In this method, the transmission signal light itself acts as the probe light, and the GVD value at the operating wavelength can be obtained only from the received signal. We demonstrate the GVD monitor in a 9.953 Gbit/s transmission system using the proposed method     

级联PSA非零色散位移光纤通信系统传输性能的研究

本文通过计算机系统仿真研究了以相敏光放大器（PSA）作为中继光放大器的非零色散位移光纤通信系统的传输性能,分析了PSA系统的码间干扰（ISI）限制距离与信号速率、光纤色散、放大器间距和放大器平均输出信号功率的关系,以及PSA中泵浦光和信号光之间的相位漂移和信号脉冲波形对级联PSA光传输系统传输性能的影响。     

Generation of Flat Supercontinuum in a Single-mode Optical Fiber with a Convex Chromatic Dispersion Profile

A single-mode optical fiber with a convex chromatic dispersion profile is proposed for generating a flat supercontinuum(SC).The fiber has normal dispersion and the dispersion parameter D(λ,z) is a convex function of wavelengths.It is shown from the numerical results that the chromatic dispersion,the flatness of the dispersion curve and the pump conditions have significant effect on SC generation.A flat and broad SC without strong residual pump component can be obtained when the pump wavelength is set in the...     

Anomalous dispersion in photonic crystal fiber

We describe the measured group-velocity dispersion characteristics of several air-silica photonic crystal fibers with anomalous group-velocity dispersion at visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The values measured over a broad spectral range are compared to those predicted for an isolated strand of silica surrounded by air. We demonstrate a strictly single-mode fiber which has zero dispersion at a wavelength of 700 mm. These fibers are significant for the generation of solitons and supercontinua using ultrashort pulse sources     

Analytical evaluation of transmission penalty due to group velocitydispersion, self-phase modulation, and amplifier noise in opticalheterodyne CPFSK systems

An analytical bit error rate evaluation of an optical heterodyne continuous-phase frequency shift keying (CPFSK) transmission system affected by group-velocity dispersion (GVD), self-phase modulation (SPM), and erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) amplifier spontaneous emission noise (ASE) in a nonlinear fiber medium is carried out following a perturbative and a transfer matrix approach. The utility of both approaches has been exemplified by applying them to different dispersion compensation schemes in optical and electronic domains. The theoretical penalty estimates are found to have good agreement with both the reported experimental results and those obtained by the Q-value simulation     

Nonlinear noise amplification in optical transmission systems with optical phase conjugation

Taking into account the influence of group-velocity dispersion (GVD) and the nonlinear Kerr effect, the nonlinear amplification of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise in fiber transmission systems using optical phase conjugation (OPC) is studied. Under a path-averaged power approximation for long-haul transmission systems, an equivalent system is developed to evaluate ASE noise amplification and accumulation in OPC systems. Combining the theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, the noise suppression effect in OPC systems is demonstrated and discussed. By using the numerical calculation method, the power variation along the system is involved in the evaluation of noise amplification. It is shown that the power variation through the system results in an imperfect compensation of the modulation instability (MI) effect, which furthermore causes the degradation of the noise suppression performance in OPC systems with anomalous dispersion.     

DDF色散值的阶梯曲线近似在色散管理系统中的应用

针对色散管理系统中色散渐减光纤(DDF)制造工艺复杂的缺点,设计一种色散渐减光纤的替代色散管理链路.利用两种正负色散光纤,通过设计正负色散光纤的长度来调整各个色散管理周期的平均色散值,使相邻放大器中光纤链路的色散值呈阶梯曲线状递减,从而近似代替色散渐减光纤平衡减弱的非线性效应.数值模拟结果表明色散渐减光纤的阶梯曲线近似对40Gbit/s的光传输系统性能有很大的提高作用.