Title :
Experimental Demonstration of a Coherently Modulated and Directly Detected Optical OFDM System Using an RF-Tone Insertion
Author :
Wei-Ren Peng ; Xiaoxia Wu ; Arbab, Vahid R ; Shamee, Bishara ; Christen, L.C. ; Jeng-Yuan Yang ; Kai-Ming Feng ; Willner, Alan E. ; Sien Chi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an RF-tone assisted OFDM transmission. Our system has a 5-dB better sensitivity compared to the conventional baseband SSB-OFDM and exhibits a negligible penally transmission after 260 km of SSMF.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; RF-tone assisted OFDM transmission; RF-tone insertion; coherently modulated optical OFDM system; conventional baseband SSB-OFDM; directly detected optical OFDM system; optical I/Q modulator; optical orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing; standard single mode fiber transmission; Baseband; Chromatic dispersion; OFDM modulation; Optical detectors; Optical modulation; 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.2008.4528410
