Radio-on-multimode fiber systems based on VCSELs and external light injection technique

Author

Hai-Han Lu ; Po-Chou Lai ; Wen-Shing Tsai

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taiwan

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1215

Lastpage

1217

Abstract

A radio-on-multimode fiber (MMF) system based on 1.55-μm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and an external light injection technique is proposed and demonstrated. Low error vector magnitude, third-order intermodulation distortion to carrier ratio, and bit-error-rate values were obtained in our proposed radio-on-MMF systems. Using VCSELs as optical sources in radio-on-MMF systems are very attractive, as they are relatively simple to fabricate and potentially low cost. Such a proposed radio-on-MMF system is suitable for the short-haul microwave optical link.

Keywords

error statistics; laser mode locking; microwave links; microwave photonics; optical distortion; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; 1.55 mum; MMF; VCSEL; bit-error-rate; carrier ratio; error vector; external light injection technique; microwave optical link; radio-on-multimode fiber systems; third-order intermodulation distortion; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Diode lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Intermodulation distortion; Optical distortion; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical polarization; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.824658

Filename

1281922