6-GHz Radio-Over-Fiber Upstream Transmission Using a Directly Modulated RSOA

Author

Meiyappan, Adaickalavan ; Kam, Pooi Yuen ; Kim, Hoon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Volume

23

Issue

22

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1730

Lastpage

1732

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate 40-km upstream transmission of a 2-Gb/s 6-GHz binary phase-shift keyed radio signal using a directly modulated reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA). A delay interferometer, acting as an optical equalizer, compensates for limited RSOA modulation bandwidth and simultaneously performs single sideband filtering to relieve dispersion-induced radio-frequency (RF) fading effect. Furthermore, extended transmission distance of up to 40 km is shown to be made possible by reduced Rayleigh backscattering-induced crosstalk.

Keywords

Rayleigh scattering; equalisers; optical crosstalk; phase shift keying; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Rayleigh backscattering-induced crosstalk; binary phase-shift keying; bit rate 2 Gbit/s; delay interferometer; directly modulated reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; distance 40 km; frequency 6 GHz; optical equalizer; radio-over-fiber upstream transmission; radiofrequency fading effect; single sideband filtering; Bit error rate; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Radio frequency; Chirp modulation; equalizers; radio over fiber (RoF); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2169049

Filename

6025259