Coherent, Phase Modulated (PM) Fiber-optic Link Design

Author

Li, Yifei ; Jemison, W. ; Herczfeld, P. ; Rosen, A.

fYear

2006

fDate

11-16 June 2006

Firstpage

1943

Lastpage

1946

Abstract

This paper is concerned with a coherent, phase modulated optical link for microwave applications, such as antenna remoting. The optical transmitter employs a low noise high power solid state laser and a sensitive phase modulator. The demodulator/detector in the optical receiver utilizes a newly developed and tested photonic phased locked loop (PPLL). All signal processing, including down-conversion to intermediate frequency (IF) range, is executed in the optical domain. The link design predicts a spurious free dynamic range up to 157 dBHz ^2/3 and noise figure below 3dB. The requirements on key photonic components to attain these results are described in detail

Keywords

optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; optical phase locked loops; optical receivers; optical transmitters; phase modulation; telecommunication network topology; antenna remoting; coherent optical link; fiber-optic link; noise figure; optical receiver; optical transmitter; phase modulation; photonic phased locked loop; solid state laser; spurious free dynamic range; Demodulation; Microwave antennas; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Solid lasers; Coherent optical link; antenna remoting; high dynamic range; photonic phased locked loop;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9541-7

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249814

Filename

4015339