Experimental reduction of chromatic dispersion effects in lightwave microwave/millimetre-wave transmissions using tapered linearly chirped fibre gratings

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Published 28/07/2012

Abstract

It is demonstrated experimentally that the dramatic microwave-power degradation that appears in conventional 1550 nm lightwave amplitude modulated systems, due to chromatic dispersion, may be overcome by using tapered linearly chirped fibre gratings. An extension of the frequency-length product of fibre links in optical microwave/millimetre-wave systems can be achieved using chirped fibre gratings.

Inspec keywords: chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; microwave links; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre communication

Other keywords: frequency-length product; millimetre-wave transmission; power degradation; 1550 nm; lightwave amplitude modulated system; microwave transmission; chromatic dispersion; tapered linearly chirped fibre grating; optical fibre link

Subjects: Fibre optics; Radio links and equipment; Optical communication

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