Distortion Evaluation of Frequency-Converted Radio-on-Fiber System Employing RIN Reduction Technique

Author

Taguchi, Noritaka ; Tanaka, Shingo ; Kimura, Tsuneto ; Atsumi, Yasunori

Author_Institution

Optowave Lab. Inc., Kanagawa

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The distortion characteristics of a radio-over-fiber (ROF) system that uses the relative intensity noise (RIN) reduction technique is investigated in detail. The third-order intermodulation (IM3) and spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) characteristics of this system are measured using multi-reflection configurations. It is observed that the maximum deterioration in IM3 is 4 dB. However, SFDR is improved by 7 dB as CNR exceeds 12 dB. Moreover, we measure the adjacent channel leakage power ratio (ACLR) characteristics of this system in the multi-carrier transmission condition. The RIN reduction technique yields an ACLR improvement of 4.5 dB

Keywords

intermodulation distortion; microwave photonics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical frequency conversion; radio-over-fibre; ACLR; RIN; SFDR; adjacent channel leakage power ratio characteristics; distortion characteristics; frequency-converted radio-on-fiber system; microwave photonics; multicarrier transmission; multireflection configuration; optical fiber connecting; optical noise; relative intensity noise reduction technique; spurious free dynamic range characteristics; third-order intermodulation; Band pass filters; Connectors; Distortion measurement; Dynamic range; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Phase locked loops; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Microwave photonics; optical fiber connecting; optical noise; radio-on-fiber system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2006. MWP '06. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0203-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0204-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2006.346575

Filename

4153799