Accession Number:

ADA247683

Title:

Advanced Optical Fiber Communication Systems

Descriptive Note:

Status rept. 1 Sep 1991-29 Feb 1992

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CA OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Kazovsky, Leonid

Report Date:

1992-02-29

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Our research is focused on four aspects of advanced optical fiber communication systems dynamic wavelength division multiplexing WDM networks, linewidth insensitive coherent optical analog links, video distribution systems using direct frequency modulation of semiconductor laser, and impact of fiber nonlinearities on optical communication systems. In the area of WDM networks, we investigated, designed, and are currently implementing a coherent optical network with a total throughput of 12 Gbits. In the study of coherent optical analog links, we analyzed two linewidth-insensitive schemes that could overcome the impact of phase noise of semiconductor laser diodes. In the area of video distribution systems, we investigated the performance of novel systems using direct frequency modulation of semiconductor lasers for subcarrier-multiplexed video distribution. In the area of fiber nonlinearities, we evaluated the performance of optical WDM systems in the presence of four-wave mixing, and are analyzing the impact of stimulated Brillouin scattering on such networks.

Descriptors:

• *FIBER OPTICS
• *OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
• LIGHT SCATTERING
• OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• FIBERS
• STIMULATION(GENERAL)
• SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
• QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
• ANALOG SYSTEMS
• VIDEO SIGNALS
• DATA LINKS
• FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
• NOISE
• PHONONS
• NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
• NETWORKS
• DISTRIBUTION
• DYNAMICS
• FREQUENCY MODULATION
• COHERENCE
• SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS

Subject Categories:

• Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE