• DocumentCode
    3525281
  • Title

    Experimental Demonstration of a Coherently Modulated and Directly Detected Optical OFDM System Using an RF-Tone Insertion

  • Author

    Wei-Ren Peng ; Xiaoxia Wu ; Arbab, Vahid R ; Shamee, Bishara ; Christen, L.C. ; Jeng-Yuan Yang ; Kai-Ming Feng ; Willner, Alan E. ; Sien Chi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate an RF-tone assisted OFDM transmission. Our system has a 5-dB better sensitivity compared to the conventional baseband SSB-OFDM and exhibits a negligible penally transmission after 260 km of SSMF.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; RF-tone assisted OFDM transmission; RF-tone insertion; coherently modulated optical OFDM system; conventional baseband SSB-OFDM; directly detected optical OFDM system; optical I/Q modulator; optical orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing; standard single mode fiber transmission; Baseband; Chromatic dispersion; OFDM modulation; Optical detectors; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; RF signals; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528410
  • Filename
    4528410