Experimental demonstration of dispersion-tolerant 155-Mb/s BPSK data transmission at 40 GHz using an optical coherent harmonic generation technique

Author

Martínez, A. ; Polo, V. ; Corral, J.L. ; Marti, J.

Author_Institution

Fiber-Radio Group, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

15

Issue

5

fYear

2003

fDate

5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

772

Lastpage

774

Abstract

The transmission of 155-Mb/s binary phase-shift keying data at 40 GHz through a 2.2-km standard single-mode fiber link is experimentally demonstrated by using a flexible technique for dispersion-tolerant optical coherent harmonic generation of modulated microwave/millimeter-wave signals which also allows simultaneous local-oscillator remoting. The proposed technique employs a single laser and a single dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator. Experimental results show bit-error-rate <10/sup -9/ operation at millimeter-wave frequencies which makes the proposed technique suitable for next-generation broad-band wireless access networks.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical harmonic generation; phase shift keying; radio access networks; 155 Mbit/s; 2.2 km; 40 GHz; binary phase-shift keying data; bit-error-rate operation; dispersion-tolerant BPSK data transmission; dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator; frequency conversion; hybrid fiber-radio systems; millimeter-wave generation; modulated microwave signals; modulated millimeter-wave signals; next-generation broad-band wireless access networks; optical coherent harmonic generation technique; radio-on-fiber; simultaneous local-oscillator remoting; standard single-mode fiber link; Binary phase shift keying; Data communication; Fiber lasers; Microwave theory and techniques; Millimeter wave technology; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.809928

Filename

1196165