Title :
OFDM to OTDM conversion by fractional Fourier transform
Author :
Cincotti, Gabriella ; Shimizu, Shogo ; Wada, N. ; Uenohara, Hiroyuki ; Hattori, K. ; Okuno, Masayuki ; Mino, Shinji ; Himeno, Akira ; Murakawa, Takuya ; Kodama, Tomoya ; Nagashima, Tomoharu ; Hasegawa, Mikio ; Konishi, Tsuyoshi
Author_Institution :
Eng. Dept., Univ. Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
A pioneering energy-efficient all-optical system to transform an OFDM signal into an OTDM data flow is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for the first time, based on an innovative fully passive AWG device that implements the fractional Fourier transform.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; OFDM modulation; arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; time division multiplexing; OFDM signal; OFDM to OTDM conversion; OTDM data flow; energy-efficient all-optical system; fractional Fourier transform; fully passive AWG device; Microwave photonics; OFDM; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical signal processing; AWG; OFDM; OTDM; fractional Fourier transform;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP) and the 2014 9th Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference (APMP), 2014 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2014.6994488
