Title :
Multi-tone generation using a recirculating frequency shifter and its application to 1-Tb/s coherent optical OFDM signal
Author :
Ma, Yiran ; Yang, Qi ; Chen, Simin ; Shieh, William
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Multi-tone generation using a recirculating frequency shifter (RFS) is demonstrated with superior flatness and tone-to-noise ratio (TNR). 1-Tb/s coherent optical OFDM signal is generated using the RFS with good BER performance.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical communication; optical modulation; BER performance; bit rate 1 Tbit/s; coherent optical OFDM signal; multitone generation; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; recirculating frequency shifter; tone-to-noise ratio; Frequency conversion; OFDM; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Signal generators; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5214717
