Title :
Phase modulation enabled relaxation of DAC/ADC requirements and optical OFDM performance improvement over SMF-based IMDD systems
Author :
Zheng, X. ; Tang, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Bangor Univ., Bangor, UK
Abstract :
The use of real-valued electrical OFDM signals to modulate only phases of RF carriers prior to optical intensity modulation can significantly lower the requirements on key transceiver components, and simultaneously improves the transmission performance in SMF-based IMDD systems.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; phase modulation; relaxation; transceivers; DAC/ADC requirements; SMF-based IMDD systems; optical OFDM performance improvement; phase modulation enabled relaxation; transceiver components; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Peak to average power ratio; Phase modulation; Quantization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621151
