This book provides an in-depth treatment of both linear fiber-optic systems and their key enabling devices. It presents a concise but rigorous treatment of the theory and practice of analog (linear) fiber-optics links and systems that constitute the foundation of Hybrid Fiber Coax infrastructure in present-day CATV distribution and cable modem Internet access. Emerging applications in remote fiber-optic feed for free-space millimeter wave enterprise campus networks are also described. Issues such as dispersion and interferometric noise are treated quantitatively, and means for mitigating them are explained. This broad but concise text will thus be invaluable not only to students of fiber-optics communication but also to practicing engineers. To the second edition of this book important new aspects of linear fiber-optic transmission technologies are added, such as high level system architectural issues, algorithms for deriving the optimal frequency assignment, directly modulated or externally modulated laser transmitters and the use of Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in linear fiber optic systems. Significant examples of field deployed military systems enabled by linear fiber optic links are described in an appendix.
Author(s): Kam Lau (auth.)
Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences 159
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 256
Tags: Laser Technology, Photonics;Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering;Communications Engineering, Networks;Applied and Technical Physics
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Basic Description of Laser Diode Dynamics by Spatially Averaged Rate Equations: Conditions of Validity....Pages 3-9
Basic “Small-Signal” Modulation Response....Pages 11-17
Distortions in Direct Modulation of Laser Diodes....Pages 19-28
Direct Modulation Beyond X-Band by Operation at High Optical Power Density....Pages 29-33
Improvement in Direct-Modulation Speed by Enhanced Differential Optical Gain and Quantum Confinement....Pages 35-44
Dynamic Longitudinal Mode Spectral Behavior of Laser Diodes Under Direct High-Frequency Modulation....Pages 45-63
Signal-Induced Noise in Fiber Links....Pages 65-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Illustration of Resonant Modulation....Pages 87-91
Resonant Modulation of Monolithic Laser Diodes at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies....Pages 93-99
Performance of Resonant Modulation in the Millimeter-Wave Frequency Range: Multi-Subcarrier Modulation....Pages 101-106
Resonant Modulation of Single-Contact Lasers....Pages 107-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Fiber Chromatic Dispersion Effects of Broadband mm-Wave Subcarrier Optical Signals and Its Elimination....Pages 115-123
Transmission Demonstrations....Pages 125-134
Application of Linear Fiber Links to Wireless Signal Distribution: A High-level System Perspective....Pages 135-140
Improvements in Baseband Fiber Optic Transmission by Superposition of High-Frequency Microwave Modulation....Pages 141-154
Millimeter-Wave Signal Transport Over Optical Fiber Links by “Feed-Forward Modulation”....Pages 155-164
Frequency Planning for Minimal Intermodulation Distortion....Pages 165-176
Erbium Fiber Amplifiers in Linear Lightwave Transmission....Pages 177-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Notes on RF Link Metrics....Pages 199-205
Ultrahigh Frequency Photodiodes and Receivers....Pages 207-212
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
High Frequency Optical Modulators....Pages 213-217
Modulation Response of Superluminescent Lasers....Pages 219-228
Broadband Microwave Fiber-Optic Links with RF Phase Control for Phased-Array Antennas....Pages 229-233
Small Signal Traveling Wave Rate Equations for Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers....Pages 235-236
Applications of High Frequency Linear Fiber-Optic Links in Defense Systems....Pages 237-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-256
