Title :
Design, simulation and measurements of RF/fiber optical interface for integrated wireless/optical networks
Author :
Ghoniemy, S. ; MacEachern, L. ; Mahmoud, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
In this paper the integration of wireless and optical networks has been presented. Analog link design calculations and analysis are discussed. A detailed comparative experimental and simulation study of the dynamic operation and the nonlinear distortion in laser diodes is used to verify the accuracy of the proposed model for analyzing the performance of the analog optical interface. The measured results, such as harmonic and intermodulation distortion levels, are in good agreement with the simulation results. Second and third order intermodulation improvements attained using a proposed predistorter are presented.
Keywords :
harmonic distortion; intermodulation distortion; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre networks; radio access networks; semiconductor lasers; RF/fiber optical interface; analog link design calculations; harmonic distortion; integrated wireless/optical networks; intermodulation distortion; laser diode nonlinear distortion; predistorter; Analytical models; Diode lasers; Distortion measurement; Fiber nonlinear optics; Integrated optics; Nonlinear distortion; Optical design; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, 2003. Proceedings of CAOL 2003. First International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7948-9
DOI :
10.1109/CAOL.2003.1250514
