Transmission of CE-OFDM Signals Over MMF Links Using Directly Modulated 850-nm VCSELs

Author

Nunes, Reginaldo B. ; de O Rocha, Helder R. ; Mello, Darli A. A. ; Simoes, Fabio D. ; Segatto, Marcelo E. V. ; Silva, Jair A. L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Fed. Univ. of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil

Volume

27

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Feb.1, 1 2015

Firstpage

315

Lastpage

318

Abstract

We report the experimental transmission of constant-envelope orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CE-OFDM) signals over short-reach multimode fiber links. Error-free transmission of 2.2 Gb/s over a 300-m OM-3 fiber link, using a directly modulated 850-nm vertical-cavity surface emitting laser and direct detection, is achieved. The results confirm the CE-OFDM modulation format as a low peak-to-average power ratio alternative for low-cost data-center interconnects.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; optical fibre communication; optical links; optical modulation; optical signal detection; surface emitting lasers; CE-OFDM signal transmission; MMF links; OM-3 fiber link; bit rate 2.2 Gbit/s; constant-envelope orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; directly modulated VCSELs; error-free transmission; low peak-to-average power ratio; low-cost data-center interconnects; short-reach multimode fiber links; vertical-cavity surface emitting laser; wavelength 850 nm; Adaptive optics; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Phase modulation; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Directly modulated laser; constant-envelope OFDM; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; vertical-cavity surfaceemitting laser;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2370643

Filename

6960085