Output Power Enhancement in Photonic-Based RF Generation by Optical Pulse Compression: Performance Improvement of 300-GHz Band 10-Gbit/s ASK System

We experimentally demonstrate performance improvement of photonic-based 300-GHz band 10-Gbit/s ASK system by optical pulse compression in a highly nonlinear fiber. The amplitude of the received eye pattern is increased by 2.6 times (= 8.1 dB) and the dc photo current of the photodiode that yields the same bit-error rate is reduced by a factor of 0.60 (= - 4.3 dB).