Title :
Seamless W-band radio-to-optical signal conversion with direct IQ down-converter
Author :
Kanno, Atsushi ; Dat, Pham Tien ; Kuri, Toshiaki ; Hosako, Iwao ; Kawanishi, Tetsuyas ; Yoshida, Yutaka ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
Seamless conversion from millimeter-wave radio signals to optical baseband signals was demonstrated using a direct IQ down-converter. Hybrid optical and millimeter-wave signal transmission was performed using a conventional digital-coherent receiver, without any special algorithms.
Keywords :
millimetre wave propagation; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical receivers; radio-over-fibre; digital-coherent receiver; direct IQ down-converter; hybrid signal transmission; millimeter-wave radio signals; millimeter-wave signal transmission; optical baseband signals; optical signal transmission; seamless W-band radio-to-optical signal conversion; Frequency conversion; High-speed optical techniques; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M2D.3
