• DocumentCode
    1823457
  • Title

    Spectral Efficiency and Receiver Sensitivity in Direct Detection Optical-OFDM

  • Author

    Ali, Abdulamir ; Leibrich, Jochen ; Rosenkranz, Werner

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun., Univ. of Kiel, Kiel
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We show by analysis and simulation that by proper biasing of the optical modulator, the intermodulation distortion is minimized. Thus the spectral efficiency can be improved and receiver sensitivity can be exchanged against spectral width.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; intermodulation distortion; optical modulation; direct detection optical-OFDM; intermodulation distortion; optical modulator; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; receiver sensitivity; spectral efficiency; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical detectors; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Stimulated emission; Voltage; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.4080) Modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032600