Importance of Chirp Effect in Millimeter Wave Optical Upconversion Systems

Author

Nguyen, Giang Hoang ; Poëtte, Julien ; Cabon, Béatrice

Author_Institution

Microelectron. & Nanotechnol. Lab., Lille 1 Univ., Villeneuve-d´´Ascq, France

Volume

29

Issue

12

fYear

2011

fDate

6/15/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1753

Lastpage

1758

Abstract

Simulation and experimental measurements are presented for 60 GHz transmission systems based on upconversion. We demonstrate that chirp in modulated semiconductor lasers combined with upconversion allows to realize a simple system resistant to chromatic dispersion without the need for customized filter. The comparison between two 60 GHz modulation schemes highlights the possibility to reduce power fading, due to chromatic dispersion, to a value as low as optical fiber attenuation.

Keywords

chirp modulation; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor lasers; chirp effect; chirp modulation; chromatic dispersion; customized filter; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter wave optical upconversion systems; optical fiber attenuation; power fading; semiconductor lasers; Frequency modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; All-optical double sideband suppressed-carrier; Henry factor; Mach–Zehnder modulator; analog upconversion; chirp; electro-optic modulator (EOM); microwave photonics; millimeter-wave (MMW) generation; optical fiber communications; radio over fiber (RoF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2011.2136321

Filename

5741816