Performance of optical OFDM transmission over RoF system with Mach-Zehnder modulator

Author

Zhou, Shujia ; Song, Yingxiong ; Tan, Yin ; Zhang, Lin ; Li, Yingchun ; Ye, Jiajun ; Lin, Rujian

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Specialty Fiber Opt. & Opt. Access Networks, Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2011

fDate

13-16 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the effect of the nonlinearity of an MZM (Mach-Zehnder modulator) on optical OFDM signal distortion. The optical OFDM signal output from the MZM is expressed as a Taylor series including third-order and fifth-order nonlinear distortion terms, by which we can easily establish a mathematical model of the optical OFDM signals in different formats and rates. According to the model, we can get the EVM at the optimized point. Moreover, the proposed theoretical model is proved in good agreement with experiment results of the RoF (Radio over Fiber) system.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; nonlinear distortion; optical distortion; optical modulation; radio-over-fibre; EVM; MZM; Mach-Zehnder modulator; RoF system; Taylor series; error vector magnitude; fifth-order nonlinear distortion; mathematical model; optical OFDM signal distortion; optical OFDM transmission; radio-over-fiber system; third-order nonlinear distortion; Abstracts; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Radio frequency; EVM; MZM; RoF; Taylor series; nonlinear distortion; optical OFDM;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition, 2011. ACP. Asia

Conference_Location

Shanghai

ISSN

2162-108X

Print_ISBN

978-0-8194-8961-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1117/12.903898

Filename

6210759