Triple-Format, UWB-WiFi-WiMax, Radio-Over-Fiber Co-Existence Demonstration Featuring Low-Cost 1308/1564 nm VCSELs and a Reflective Electro-Absorption Transceiver

Author

Thakur, Manoj P. ; Quinlan, Terence ; Anas, Siti B Ahmad ; Hunter, David K. ; Walker, Stuart D. ; Smith, David W. ; Borghesani, Anna ; Moodie, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Electron. Syst., Univ. of Essex, Colchester

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate co-existing UWB-WiFi-WiMax radio-over-fiber transmission above 600 Mbps over 1 km of fiber using a reflective electro-absorption transceiver. Fifth-order spurious-free dynamic range exceeded 125 dB.Hz^4/5 across 6 GHz span. WiMax EVMs better than -28.01 dB were measured.

Keywords

WiMax; electroabsorption; laser cavity resonators; microwave photonics; optical receivers; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; transceivers; ultra wideband communication; wireless LAN; VCSEL; radio-over-fiber transmission; reflective electro-absorption transceiver; triple-format UWB-WiFi-WiMax; ultra wideband radio; wavelength 1308 nm; wavelength 1564 nm; wireless fidelity; worldwide interoperability for microwave access networks; Bandwidth; Data analysis; Optical devices; Optical modulation; RF signals; Radio frequency; Throughput; Transceivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; WiMAX; 060.4510(Optical communications); 060.5625(Radio frequency photonics); 250.0250(Optoelectronics);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032804