Title :
Performance evaluation of direct-detection OFDM optical receivers with RF down-conversion
Author :
Rebola, Joao L. ; Cartaxo, Adolfo V. T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Inst. Univ. de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
A new method based on the moment generating function is proposed to assess the performance of a direct-detection OFDM optical communication system with radio-frequency I/Q demodulation and its accuracy is validated by Monte Carlo simulation.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; OFDM modulation; demodulation; optical receivers; Monte Carlo simulation; RF down-conversion; direct-detection OFDM optical receivers; moment generating function; optical communication system; radio-frequency I/Q demodulation; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Demodulation; OFDM; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656561
