Properties of millimeter-wave signal generation and modulation using mode-locked Q-dash lasers for gigabit RF-over-fiber links

Author

Brendel, Friederike ; Yi, Jianjia ; Pöette, Julien ; Cabon, Béatrice ; Zwick, Thomas

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech. und Elektron. (IHE), Karlsruher Inst. fur Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

12-14 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A comprehensive analysis of the up-conversion capability of mode-locked laser diodes as photonic oscillators is presented in the context of fiber-wireless links providing high-speed access in the 60 GHz band. The properties of photonic millimeter wave generation are studied and compared through simulation and experiment. Data transmission can be shown in an externally modulated link for BPSK, QPSK and 16QAM modulation formats and data rates up to 4.234 Gbps.

Keywords

millimetre wave generation; millimetre wave lasers; millimetre wave oscillators; optical links; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor lasers; 16QAM; BPSK; QPSK; data transmission; fiber-wireless link; frequency 60 GHz; gigabit RF-over-fiber links; high-speed access; millimeter-wave signal modulation; mode-locked Q-dash laser diode; modulated link; photonic millimeter wave signal generation; photonic oscillator; up-conversion capability; Amplitude modulation; Frequency modulation; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Photonics; Radio frequency; gigabit home network; millimeter wave generation; mode-locked lasers; radio over fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (GeMiC), 2012 The 7th German

Conference_Location

Ilmenau

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2096-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-9812668-4-9

Type

conf

Filename

6185139