Title :
Bandwidth-Efficient 21.4 Gb/s Coherent Optical 2??2 MIMO OFDM Transmission
Author :
Ma, Yanru ; Shieh, William ; Qi Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate transmission of coherent optical 2×2 multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) with high electrical bandwidth-efficiency. The critical issues of I/Q imbalance for direct down-conversion are also investigated.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; OFDM modulation; light coherence; optical fibre communication; I/Q imbalance; bit rate 21.4 Gbit/s; direct down-conversion; electrical bandwidth-efficiency; multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing; optical MIMO OFDM transmission; optical coherence; Calibration; MIMO; OFDM modulation; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528214
