Performance analysis of an OFDM transmission system with directly modulated lasers for wireless backhauling

Author

Mishra, A.K. ; Wang, Z. ; Klein, H. ; Bonk, R. ; Koenig, S. ; Karnick, D. ; Schmogrow, R. ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Moehrle, M. ; Pfeiffer, T. ; Koos, C. ; Leuthold, J. ; Freude, W.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We investigate the performance of a fiber-based OFDM transmission system for wireless backhauling with a target data rate of 2.5...10 Gbit/s using directly modulated lasers. Newly developed semiconductor DFB lasers in index and complex coupled curved stripe technology as well as lasers with ridge waveguide resonators were experimentally characterized and found to be suitable for direct modulation at the required data rates. Based on measured data, we implemented a numerical laser model and studied by simulation the limits and the optimum operating conditions of an optical OFDM network for wireless backhauling.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; distributed feedback lasers; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; coupled curved stripe technology; direct modulation; fiber-based OFDM transmission system; modulated laser; numerical laser model; optical OFDM network; ridge waveguide resonator; semiconductor DFB laser; wireless backhauling; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; OFDM; Waveguide lasers; Wireless communication; OFDM; Optical Communications; Radio Frequency Photonics; Semiconductor Lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coventry

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2228-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254423

Filename

6254423