1-20 GHz Directly Modulated Radio over MMF Link

Author

Hartmann, Peter ; Qian, Xin ; Wonfor, Adrian ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.

Author_Institution

University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Trumpington St., Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK Phone: +44 (0) 1223 767033, Fax: +44 (0) 1223 767032; Zinwave Ltd., Harston Mill, Harston, Cambridge, UK, Email: ph270@cam.ac.uk

fYear

2005

fDate

12-14 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

98

Abstract

Directly modulated multimode-fiber (MMF) based radio-over-fiber links are demonstrated which support RF carrier frequencies up to 20GHz. This is believed to be the highest frequency yet reported for RF signal transmission using a directly modulated laser. The DFB laser diode introduces less than 1% excess EVM up to 16GHz, while both high-and low-bandwidth MMF links introduce very little penalty at carrier frequencies in excess of 20GHz for distances of 1000m and 575m, respectively.

Keywords

Error vector magnitude; microwave communication; optical fiber communication; radio-over-fiber (RoF); semiconductor lasers; Bandwidth; Diode lasers; Dynamic range; Fiber lasers; Masers; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; RF signals; Radio frequency; Error vector magnitude; microwave communication; optical fiber communication; radio-over-fiber (RoF); semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2005. MWP 2005. International Topical Meeting on

Print_ISBN

89-950043-3-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2005.203548

Filename

1590276