Title :
10Gb/s Free-Space Optical Transmission using OFDM
Author :
Cvijetic, N. ; Dayou Qian ; Ting Wang
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report the first experimental demonstration of 10 Gb/s free-space optical transmission using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). The OFDM system provides superior performance, with a 3 dB improvement in receiver sensitivity over NRZ OOK.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; OFDM system; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; free-space optical transmission; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; receiver sensitivity; Bit error rate; High speed optical techniques; OFDM modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Quadrature phase shift keying; Radio frequency;
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.2008.4528442
