EVM performance of zero biasing EAM in radio-over-fiber transmission

Author

Ong, L.C. ; Luo, B. ; Yee, M.L. ; Lim, C.G. ; Chia, M.Y.W.

fYear

2004

fDate

7-7 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

115

Abstract

This paper investigates the transmission characteristics of an optical signal which is modulated by a RF signal using a zero biasing electro-absorption modulator (EAM). A passive picocell for high capacity and short range wireless networks has been investigated based on an unbiased EAM that acts as a passive transceiver at the remote site of the radio-over-fiber (ROF) link. Bias voltages of the EAM and bias currents of a distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode (LD) were varied for the evaluation of the optical power measurements

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; microwave photonics; optical fibre networks; optical links; picocellular radio; semiconductor lasers; transceivers; EVM performance; RF signal; distributed feedback laser diode; optical power measurement; optical signal; passive picocell; passive transceiver; radio-over-fiber transmission; short range wireless network; zero biasing EAM; zero biasing electro-absorption modulator; Base stations; Ethernet networks; Optical feedback; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; RF signals; Radio frequency; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications Systems, 2004. ICCS 2004. The Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8549-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.2004.1359349

Filename

1359349