Title :
Experimental investigation of self coherent optical OFDM systems using fabry-perot filters for carrier extraction
Author :
Adhikari, S. ; Jansen, S.L. ; Alfiad, M. ; Inan, B. ; Lobato, A. ; Sleiffer, V.A.J.M. ; Rosenkranz, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun., Christian-Albrechts-Univ. zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate self coherent optical OFDM transmission with IQ demultiplexing employing a Fabry-Perot-tunable filter for the extraction of the optical carrier. The performance is investigated and compared to a conventional CO-OFDM.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; demultiplexing; filters; optical communication; optical modulation; Fabry-Perot-tunable filter; IQ demultiplexing; carrier extraction; optical carrier; self coherent optical OFDM transmission; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical receivers; 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.2010.5621254