• DocumentCode
    1887805
  • Title

    Realization of optical OFDM using time lenses and its comparison with conventional OFDM for fiber-optic Systems

  • Author

    Yang, Dong ; Kumar, Shiva

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    It is proposed to use Fourier transforms in optical domain using time lenses both at transmitter and at receiver to realize optical OFDM. Results show that coherent OFDM systems have higher nonlinear tolerance than direct detection OFDM.
  • Keywords
    Fourier transform optics; OFDM modulation; lenses; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optical transmitters; Fourier transforms; coherent OFDM systems; fiber-optic systems; nonlinear tolerance; optical OFDM; optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; receiver; time lenses; transmitter; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fourier transforms; High speed optical techniques; Lenses; OFDM; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5287273