Title :
Up-Conversion of Triple-Band OFDM UWB Signals by a Multimode VCSEL
Author :
Ben Ezra, Yosef ; Ran, Moshe ; Lembrikov, Boris I. ; Cabon, Beatrice ; Leibowitch, Amir ; Haridim, Motti
Author_Institution :
Holon Inst. of Technol., Holon
fDate :
7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present novel experimental results for the all-optical up-conversion of the triple-band orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing ultra-wideband radio signals from lower frequency band group 1 up to higher frequency band groups 2 or 3 based on the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser optical second- and third-order nonlinearities. Low conversion losses and error vector magnitude values, respectively, for low bias currents have been demonstrated.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; microwave photonics; nonlinear optics; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; ultra wideband communication; multimode VCSEL; optical second order nonlinearity; optical third-order nonlinearity; orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing; radio-over-fiber; triple-band OFDM UWB signal; ultra-wideband radio signal; up-conversion losses; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; FCC; OFDM; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical transmitters; RF signals; Radio access networks; Surface emitting lasers; Ultra wideband technology; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM); ultra-wideband (UWB) radio signals; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2019966
