120-GHz-band millimeter-wave photonic wireless link for 10-Gb/s data transmission

Author

Hirata, Akihiko ; Kosugi, Toshihiko ; Takahashi, Hiroyuki ; Yamaguchi, Ryouichi ; Nakajima, Fumito ; Furuta, Tomofumi ; Ito, Hiroshi ; Sugahara, Hirohiko ; Sato, Yasuhiro ; Nagatsuma, Tadao

Author_Institution

NTT Microsyst. Integration Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

54

Issue

5

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1937

Lastpage

1944

Abstract

A 120-GHz-band wireless link that uses millimeter-wave (MMW) photonic techniques was developed. The output power and noise characteristics of 120-GHz-band MMWs generated by converting a 125-GHz optical subcarrier signal were evaluated. It was then shown that the noise characteristics of the 125-GHz signal generated with these photonic technologies is sufficient for 10-Gb/s data transmission. We constructed a compact 120-GHz-band wireless link system, and evaluated its data transmission characteristics. This system achieved error-free transmission of OC-192 and 10-GbE signals over a distance of more than 200 m with a received power of below -30 dBm.

Keywords

microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; radio links; 10 Gbit/s; 120 GHz; 125 GHz; MMW photonic techniques; data transmission; error-free transmission; millimeter-wave photonic wireless link; noise characteristics; optical subcarrier signal; Character generation; Data communication; Frequency; HDTV; Millimeter wave technology; Noise generators; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Power generation; Signal generators; Millimeter-wave (MMW) radio communication; photodiodes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2006.872798

Filename

1629034