Electronics Letters · 1996 · 15 citations · 2 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsModulationNonlinear OpticsOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersOptical ModulationBrillouin ScatteringNonlinear DistortionNonlinear Fiber EffectsNonlinear Fiber OpticsNonlinear Optical ModulationNonlinear PropagationSelf-phase ModulationStimulated Brillouin Scattering
The authors have experimentally observed self-phase-modulation induced CSO distortion in externally modulated AM-VSB trunk lightwave systems using 50 km of standard fibre. The onset of this distortion occurs at power levels below those needed to generate stimulated Brillouin scattering.
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