Electronics Letters · 1994 · 18 citations · 3 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsModulationNonlinear OpticsOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersOptical ModulationBrillouin ScatteringHarmonic DistortionIntensity ModulationIntermodulation DistortionNonlinear Optical ModulationPhase ModulationStimulated Brillouin ScatteringTotal Harmonic Distortion
The stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold power in externally modulated lightwave AM-CATV systems can be increased up to 8 dB by single tone phase modulation of the optical carrier, without introducing significant intermodulation distortion even if the signal wavelength is not in the zero dispersion regime of the fibre.
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