Cost-Effective Multiservices Hybrid Access Networks With no Optical Filter at Remote Nodes

Author

Chun-Ting Lin ; Po Tsung Shih ; Chen, J. ; Peng-Chun Peng ; Sheng-Peng Dai ; Wen-Jr Jiang ; Wen-Qiang Xue ; Sien Chi

Author_Institution

Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu

Volume

20

Issue

10

fYear

2008

fDate

5/15/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

812

Lastpage

814

Abstract

This letter experimentally demonstrates a multiservices hybrid access network integrated radio-over-fiber and fiber-to-the-home systems which share the same distributed architecture. A 1.25-Gb/s baseband signal and a 14.375-GHz radio-frequency (RF) signal with 625-Mb/s binary phase-shift keying data are generated and transmitted employing a commercially available dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator. The proposed scheme offers better performance, has no RF fading issue, can carry vector signals, and requires no optical filter at remote nodes. After transmission over 25-km single-mode fiber, the proposed scheme successfully achieves less than 0.5-dB sensitivity penalties.

Keywords

optical fibre filters; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; phase shift keying; radio-over-fibre; Mach-Zehnder modulator; binary phase-shift keying; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; fiber-to-the-home systems; frequency 14.375 GHz; optical access networks; optical filter; radio-over-fiber; Fading; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Phase modulation; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal generators; External modulation; fiber-to-the-home (FTTH); optical access networks; optical communication; radio-over-fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.921137

Filename

4492819