Title :
Millimetre-wave over fibre transmission using a BPSK reference-modulated optical injection phase-lock loop
Author :
Johansson, L.A. ; Wake, D. ; Seeds, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
We report generation of single sideband millimetre-wave modulated optical signals by a reference-modulated optical injection phase-lock loop. A 36 GHz 68 Mbit/s BPSK signal is transmitted over 25 km of unamplified SMF with 8 dB optical power margin and BER<10/sup -9/.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave propagation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical phase locked loops; phase shift keying; 25 km; 36 GHz; 68 Mbit/s; BER; BPSK reference-modulated optical injection phase-lock loop; BPSK signal transmission; millimetre-wave over fibre transmission; optical power margin; reference-modulated optical injection phase-lock loop; single sideband millimetre-wave modulated optical signals; unamplified SMF; Binary phase shift keying; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Master-slave; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
