Optical frequency multiplication for up-converting frequencies of RF signals for radio over fiber applications

Author

Bassiouny, Haytham G. ; Aly, Moustafa H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comm., Arab Acad. for Sci. & Tech., Alexandria

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

We propose the use of optical frequency multiplication as a cost-effective method to optically generate wireless radio frequencies (RFs) and deliver them from a central station to remote radio access units. In this paper, a theoretical analysis for the parameters affecting the intensity of the generated harmonics is investigated. Simulation results show that the generation of high order harmonic components requires a greater frequency modulation index.

Keywords

optical frequency conversion; radio access networks; radio-over-fibre; central station; high order harmonic components; optical frequency multiplication; radio over fiber; radiofrequency signals; remote radio access units; up-converting frequencies; wireless radiofrequency; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical harmonic generation; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical signal processing; Power harmonic filters; RF signals; Radio over fiber (RoF); continuous wave (CW); optical frequency multiplication (OFM); radio access unit (RAU);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, 2009. WOCN '09. IFIP International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4704-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3474-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WOCN.2009.5010518

Filename

5010518