A novel millimeter-wave generation technique for mm-ROF system based on harmonic generation principle

Author

Meiwei Zu ; Ye, Jiajun ; Lin, Rujian

Author_Institution

Shanghai Univ., Shanghai

fYear

2007

fDate

17-19 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

397

Lastpage

399

Abstract

A novel millimeter-wave generation technique for mm-ROF system is proposed in this paper. The light-wave from single-mode laser is split into two optical carriers. One carrier is phase modulated by 5-GHz microwave signal and then combined with the other carrier. The mixed optical signal after transmission over 15-km-long fiber is photodetected to generate electrical signal consisting of harmonics of 5-GHz microwave signal. The desired 40 GHz millimeter-wave signal can be obtained by bandpass filtering the harmonics. Data transmission on downlink system with the proposed generation method is demonstrated.

Keywords

band-pass filters; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical communication equipment; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; phase modulation; radio-over-fibre; bandpass filtering; data transmission; distance 15 km; downlink system; frequency 40 GHz; frequency 5 GHz; harmonic generation principle; microwave signal; millimeter-wave generation; millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber; millimeter-wave signal; mixed optical signal; optical carriers; phase modulation; photodetection; single-mode laser; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Masers; Millimeter wave technology; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical harmonic generation; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Power harmonic filters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007 Asia

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-0-9789217-2-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-9789217-2-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AOE.2007.4410820

Filename

4410820