Title :
IM/DD optical OFDM transmission performance for high-speed and long-reach access networks
Author :
Giacoumidis, E. ; Tomkos, Ioannis ; Kavatzikidis, A.
Author_Institution :
Athens Inf. Technol. (AIT), Athens, Greece
Abstract :
The signal bit-rate and reach limits are identified, without considering optical amplification and chromatic dispersion compensation for intensity-modulated and direct-detected optical OFDM transmission systems using a variety of modulation formats for cost-effective access networks.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; intensity modulation; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; IM/DD optical OFDM transmission; cost-effective access networks; direct-detected optical OFDM transmission; high-speed access network; intensity-modulated optical OFDM transmission; long-reach access network; signal bit-rate limits; Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; MATLAB; OFDM; Optical modulation; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
