Title :
Homodyne OFDM using simple optical carrier recovery
Author :
Zhixin Liu ; Wu, David S. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Slavik, R.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We use optical injection locking for carrier recovery in RF-pilot aided OFDM. Any need for optical pre-filtering is eliminated and only narrow guard bands are required. Improved performance with respect to heterodyne detection is demonstrated.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical modulation; RF-pilot aided OFDM; heterodyne detection; homodyne orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; narrow guard bands; optical carrier recovery; optical injection locking; Injection-locked oscillators; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W4K.3
