Title :
Simple multi-Gbps 60 GHz radio-over-fiber links employing optical and electrical data up-conversion and feed-forward equalization
Author :
Oma, Anthony Ng ; Sauer, Michael ; Annunziata, Frank ; Jiang, Wen-Jr ; Lin, Chun-Ting ; Chen, Jyehong ; Shih, Po- Tsung ; Chi, Sien
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Abstract :
We show that optical up-conversion performs better than electrical up-conversion in simple IMDD-based 60 GHz radio-over-fiber links. Feed-forward equalization improved the performances of both systems, enabling error-free transmission of 4 Gbps over 500 m of single-mode fiber.
Keywords :
equalisers; radio-over-fibre; IMDD; bit rate 4 Gbit/s; distance 500 m; electrical data up-conversion; feed-forward equalization; frequency 60 GHz; optical up-conversion; radio-over-fiber links; single-mode fiber; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Baseband; Feedforward systems; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Optical signal processing; Wireless communication; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.2360) Fiber optic links and subsystems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
