Simple 14-Gb/s Short-Range Radio-Over-Fiber System Employing a Single-Electrode MZM for 60-GHz Wireless Applications

Author

Wen-Jr Jiang ; Chun-Ting Lin ; Ng´oma, Anthony ; Po-Tsung Shih ; Chen, Jiann-Jong ; Sauer, M. ; Annunziata, F. ; Sien Chi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

28

Issue

16

fYear

2010

Firstpage

2238

Lastpage

2246

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the feasibility of a simple multigigabit-per-second (Gbps) radio-over-fiber (RoF) system employing multilevel orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM) signal modulation at 60 GHz and a single-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM). In this paper, the impact of fiber chromatic dispersion and OFDM beat noise on the performance of the RoF system are investigated by theoretical analysis, VPI WDM-TransmissionMaker simulation and experimental demonstration. A 13.875-Gb/s QPSK OFDM signal occupying the full 7-GHz license-free band at 60 GHz with frequency multiplication for the RoF link is demonstrated. After 3 km of standard single-mode fiber transmission with no dispersion compensation, the power penalty is less than 3 dB.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; radio-over-fibre; Mach-Zehnder modulator; QPSK OFDM signal modulation; bit rate 14 Gbit/s; fiber chromatic dispersion; frequency 60 GHz; multilevel orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; short-range radio-over-fiber system; single-electrode MZM; wireless applications; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Frequency modulation; OFDM modulation; Performance analysis; Photonics; Quadrature phase shift keying; RF signals; Wireless communication; 60 GHz; Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM); radio-over-fiber (RoF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2010.2045341

Filename

5438763