Remote optoelectronic frequency down-conversion using 60-GHz optical heterodyne signals and an electroabsorption Modulator

Author

Seo, Jun-Hyuk ; Choi, Chang-Soon ; Choi, Woo-Young ; Kang, Young-Shik ; Chung, Young-Duck ; Kim, Jeha

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1073

Lastpage

1075

Abstract

A new optoelectronic frequency down-conversion method for radio-on-fiber (RoF) uplink transmission is demonstrated by using an electroabsorption modulator, which down-converts uplink millimeter-wave signals into optical intermediate frequency (IF) using remotely fed optical local oscillator signals. Using this optoelectronic frequency down-converter, an RoF uplink is demonstrated in which quadrature-phase-shift keying uplink data signals in 60-GHz band are frequency down-converted to the 500-MHz optical IF signals and transmitted to the central station.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; heterodyne detection; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical frequency conversion; quadrature phase shift keying; 500 MHz; 60 GHz; electroabsorption modulator; optical heterodyne signals; optical intermediate frequency; optoelectronic frequency down-conversion; quadrature-phase-shift keying; radio-on-fiber uplink transmission; remotely fed optical local oscillator signals; Base stations; Frequency conversion; Local oscillators; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; RF signals; Signal generators; Wireless communication; Electroabsorption modulator (EAM); microwave photonics; millimeter-wave frequency conversion; optoelectronic frequency down-conversion; radio-on-fiber (RoF) systems; uplink transmission; wireless communications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.844562

Filename

1424104