Performance evaluation of MB-OFDM Ultra-Wideband over fiber transmission using a low cost Electro-Absorption Modulator integrated laser

Author

Chengwen Sui ; Hraimel, B. ; Xiupu Zhang ; Ke Wu ; Taijun Liu ; Tiefeng Xu ; Qiuhua Nie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2010

fDate

5-9 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

73

Abstract

The performance of Multiband-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (MB-OFDM) Ultra-WideBand (UWB) signal over single mode fiber system using a low cost Electro-Absorption Modulator (EAM) integrated laser (EML) is studied experimentally. Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) measurement is carried out to evaluate the system performance considering the effect of bias voltage, bias current temperature and optical modulation index of the EML, and fiber length. The experiment results showed that by using an EML, the UWB signal transmission over fiber can be cost effectively implemented.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; modulators; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; ultra wideband communication; EVM measurement; MB-OFDM ultra-wideband over fiber transmission; UWB signal transmission over fiber; bias current temperature; bias voltage; electro-absorption modulator integrated laser; error vector magnitude; multiband-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; optical modulation index; performance evaluation; single mode fiber system; Modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Radio frequency; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7824-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2010.5664198

Filename

5664198