Title :
Multi-band coherent optical OFDM receiver enabled by optical frequency combs
Author :
Yi, Xingwen ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Scott, Ryan P. ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Commun. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
This paper presents a receiver using a silica planar lightwave circuit and an optical frequency comb for parallel coherent detection. Experimental results show successful simultaneous detection of multiple bands from a 32-band coherent optical OFDM signal.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical receivers; multiband coherent optical OFDM receiver; optical frequency comb; parallel coherent detection; silica planar lightwave circuit; OFDM; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters;
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.2010.5621196
