• DocumentCode
    161118
  • Title

    Coherent optical OFDM based on direct modulation of injection-locked Fabry-Perot lasers

  • Author

    Zhixin Liu ; Kakande, J. ; Kelly, B. ; O´Carroll, J. ; Phelan, R. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Slavik, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate generation of coherent optical OFDM signals using direct modulation of two injection locked lasers. Comparable performance to a LiNbO3 IQ modulator is achieved after 230-km transmission with coherent reception and standard DSP.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; lithium compounds; niobium compounds; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; IQ modulator; LiNbO3; coherent optical OFDM signals; coherent reception; direct modulation; injection-locked Fabry-Perot lasers; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; standard DSP; Nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963917
  • Filename
    6963917