Title :
Optical comb and filter bank (De)Mux enabling 1 Tb/s orthogonal sub-band multiplexed CO-OFDM free of ADC/DAC limits
Author :
Nazarathy, Moshe ; Marom, Dan M. ; Shieh, William
Author_Institution :
EE Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Realizations of 100-1000 Gb/s CO-OFDM are hindered by electronic ADC/DAC rates. By (de)multiplexing the OFDM sub-bands by means of optical-comb generators with repetition rate matched to sub-band separation, we eliminate complex RF up/down-converters and relieve ADC/DAC requirements.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; analogue-digital conversion; demultiplexing; digital-analogue conversion; multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; OFDM sub-bands; bit rate 1 Tbit/s; bit rate 100 Gbit/s to 1000 Gbit/s; complex RF down-converter elimination; complex RF up-converter elimination; demultiplexing; electronic ADC-DAC rates; optical filter bank; optical-comb generators; orthogonal sub-band multiplexed CO-OFDM; Application specific integrated circuits; Filter bank; OFDM; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical ring resonators; Optical transmitters; Optical variables control; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
