Direct RF modulation on semiconductor lasers of wavelength 1310 nm has been widely applied to amplitude modulation vestigial side-band(AM-VSB)lightwave cable television (CATV) systems. The channel capacity is limited mainly by the nonlinear distortion of laser diode, which induces system performance degradation of composite second order (CSO) and composite triple beats (CTB). Though the linearity of laser diode has been improved during the fabrication process, carrier to noise ratio (CNR), CSO, and CTB were still degraded by increasing either RF output power level or the channel loading. Thus, some linearization techniques were proposed to extend the channel capacity. The predistortion approach is the simplest and the lowest cost one among the techniques. This paper describes a distortion compensation method with an electrical ¡§branch¡¨ circuit configuration, which is designed to reduce the nonlinear distortion induced by the laser diode. In this architecture, we utilize the method of impedance non-matching and the reflection of signals. According to the experiment results, we have found that before predistortion compensation, CNR / CSO / CTB are 51.6 dB / 62 dBc / 70 dBc, respectively. After compensation, CNR / CSO / CTB are 51.5 dB / 70 dBc / 71 dBc, respectively. Comparing with and without the distortion compensation, we found that CSO has an improvement with 8 dB, which reveals that the predistorion circuit improves the linearity of laser obviously. This study may give a guideline of predistortion technique and help to design optical transmitter.

Abstract In this thesis, we use a high power 1550 nm DFB laser and a Ti:LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder modulator to construct an externally modulated trensmitter for CATV lightwave system. We use two methods to reduce the problem caused by stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effect in externally modulated AM video system by using high-frequency phase modulation and low-frequency dithering techniques. In this experiment, the SBS threshold can be increased by 6 dB. We also design a automatic gain control (AGC) circuit with a 10 dB dynamic range in our transmitter. After addition with a home-made predistortion linearized circuit, the system performance of this transmitter in a 20 km single-mode fiber link carrying 60 NTSC channels can be achieved with a CNR¡Ù46~52 dB¡BCSO¡Ø-68~-73 dBc¡BCTB¡Ø-59~-63 dBc. As the number of channels increased from 60 to 80, we can obtain CNR¡Ù46~51 dB, CSO¡Ø-65.5~-71 dBc, and CTB¡Ø-55~-60.4 dBc. According to preceding description, we know that our trensmitter can carry 60 ~ 80 NTSC channels.

Cette étude se situe au niveau de la couche physique d'un système de transmission optique terrestre de type réseau métropolitain. Il s'agit d'y intégrer un composant, le laser modulateur intégrés (Electroabsorption Modulated Laser ou EML) du III-V Lab Alcatel-Thales, un laboratoire industriel de composants optoélectroniques. Et ceci pour en diminuer la complexité par pré-distorsion apportée par la modulation du laser. Les distances de transmission étant limités par des phénomènes physiques intrinsèques aux fibres optiques, le but est de développer un schéma de fonctionnement des EML pouvant dépasser les limites fixées par la dispersion chromatique des fibres et ses effets non-linéaires, principe qui a été démontré avec un laser et un modulateur discret mais jamais avec un composant intégré. La technique est basée sur une pré-compensation de la dispersion chromatique en appliquant une modulation sur le laser de l'EML qui génère la porteuse optique préchirpée qui est ensuite modulée par le modulateur à électro-absorption, raison du nom donné à l'EML : Dual Electroabsorption Modulated Laser ou D-EML. C'est l'axe majeur de recherche car il met en évidence le principe de la compensation de dispersion permettant d'incrémenter les distances de transmission de 80 km à 160 km pour la première fois avec un composant monolithique. Une application Radio-sur-Fibre pour les réseaux d'accès a été explorée, elle est basée sur une modulation duale analogique, permettant l'extinction d'une raie de modulation optique générant ainsi un signal à bande latérale unique Single Side Band. Ce format permet de transporter des signaux I-Q très haut-débit sur des distances de plus de 100 km.

This thesis deals with the structure of the optical wireless link intended for indoor applications. Optical transmitters and optical receivers as the basic elements of optical links and their characteristics and parameters are described. The characteristics of lenses used in the transmitter and receiver are presented. The special chapter is devoted to the directional reflectance properties of surfaces. The last part of the thesis is focused on a specific proposal of the wireless optical links and its power level diagram.

Theme of this thesis is using of universal module LabJack U3-HVTM as support for physics lessons. This thesis describes the universal module LabJack U3-HVTM and evaluation method of measured value on the computer screen using software eSimLab. To all physical tasks is described path of signal with measured string from developed sensor until evaluation of signal in the computer. In the thesis is specifically described a function of developed sensors of physical quantities, there are subscribed diagrams including PCB and parts list. The thesis is including designed physical tasks for monitoring of atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind direction, sunshine duration and the role of measurement of the signal on the optical transmitter using the developed sensors and universal module LabJack U3-HVTM.

The thesis analyzes the optical laser range finders in real propagation environments. Itdescribes the various parts of optical laser range finders their properties and principles in relation to their performance balance. The paper presents the basic optical properties of lenses used in the transmitter and receiver. A separate chapter is devoted to the transit time method and factors influencing the measurement. The proportional directional reflectance analysisis a part of the thesis. In conclusion, the thesis contains the practical laboratory measurements of the relative directional reflectance of different materials and colors, and verification of the power level diagram.