Title :
First experimental demonstration of real-time optical OFDM transceivers
Author :
Giddings, R.P. ; Jin, X.Q. ; Kee, H.H. ; Yang, X.L. ; Tang, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Bangor Univ., Bangor, UK
Abstract :
Real-time optical OFDM transceivers are, for the first time, experimentally implemented, using standard commercially available components including FPGAs and DACs/ADCs. The transceivers support 1.5 Gb/s transmission in directly modulated DFB laser-based 500 m MMF IMDD systems.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; digital-analogue conversion; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; transceivers; ADC; DAC; FPGAs; MMF IMDD systems; bit rate 1.5 Gbit/s; directly modulated DFB laser; distance 500 m; intensity modulation direct detection system; real time optical OFDM transceiver; Digital signal processing; Field programmable gate arrays; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; RF signals; Real time systems; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
