Title :
Experimental Assessment of a Direct Detection Optical OFDM System Targeting 10Gb/s and beyond
Author :
Dischler, R. ; Buchali, Fred
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Res. & Innovation, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
We investigated a DD-O-OFDM system by variation of FFT-size, subcarrier usage and D/A-resolution. 63% usage of subcarriers was found as a limit for intermodulation penalties. By clipping 4 bit D/A-resolution at the transmitter is applicable.
Keywords :
digital-analogue conversion; frequency division multiplexing; intermodulation; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; D-A-conversion; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; intermodulation penalties; optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing; subcarrier usage; transmitter; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical detectors; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; RF signals; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528341
