Simultaneous multichannel photonic frequency up-conversion based on an EAM and an optical interleaver for radio-over-fiber systems

Author

Seung-Hun Lee ; Hyoung-Jun Kim ; Jong-In Song

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea

fYear

2012

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

223

Abstract

A simultaneous multichannel photonic frequency up-conversion based on an electro-absorption modulator (EAM) and an optical interleaver was experimentally demonstrated. 4 × 1.25 Gb/s wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical baseband signals were up-converted to the optical RF signals (f_RF = 62.5 GHz). The receiver sensitivities of channel 1 at a bit error rate (BER) of 10^-9 were -9.11 and -8.05 dBm for single-channel and simultaneous four-channel up-conversion, respectively. This photonic frequency up-conversion technique showed a negligible crosstalk for simultaneous up-conversion up to four channels.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical frequency conversion; radio-over-fibre; wavelength division multiplexing; BER; EAM; WDM optical baseband signals; bit error rate; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; electro-absorption modulator; frequency 62.5 GHz; optical interleaver; radio-over-fiber systems; simultaneous four-channel up-conversion; simultaneous multichannel photonic frequency up-conversion technique; single-channel up-conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; Adaptive optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; electroabsorption modulator (EAM); photonic frequency up-conversion; radio over fiber (RoF); wavelength division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2012 International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Noordwijk

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2863-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2012.6474096

Filename

6474096