Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7927321 | Optics Communications | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the usage of SOA for reach extension of an impulse radio over fiber system. Operating in the saturated regime translates into strong nonlinearities and spectral distortions, which drops the power efficiency of the propagated pulses. After studying the SOA response versus operating conditions, we have enhanced the system performance by applying simple analog pre-distortion schemes for various derivatives of the Gaussian pulse and their combination. A novel pulse shape has also been designed by linearly combining three basic Gaussian pulses, offering a very good spectral efficiency (>55%) for a high power (0Â dBm) at the amplifier input. Furthermore, the potential of our technique has been examined considering a 1.5Â Gbps-OOK and 0.75Â Gbps-PPM modulation schemes. Pre-distortion proved an advantage for a large extension of optical link (150Â km), with an inline amplification via SOA at 40Â km.
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Authors
H. Taki, S. Azou, A. Hamie, A. Al Housseini, A. Alaeddine, A. Sharaiha,