Optical generation of electrical modulation formats

Author

Fuster, J.M. ; Marti, J. ; Candelas, P. ; Martinez, F.J. ; Sempere, L.

Author_Institution

ETSI Telecomunicacion, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

536

Abstract

We investigate a novel technique to generate the transmission signal in digital microwave link applications. This technique is based on a photonic device that achieves both electrical modulation (QAM, PSK, ASK) and harmonic upconversion of the microwave carrier. Simulation results are provided for a 7th-harmonic 38.5 GHz transmission of a 155 Mps signal through a 1 km fiber span. Experimental results are also reported for BPSK modulation.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; microwave frequency convertors; microwave links; optical information processing; phase shift keying; quadrature amplitude modulation; 1 km; 155 Mbit/s; ASK; BPSK; PSK; QAM; electrical modulation; electrical modulation formats; harmonic photonic upconversion; harmonic upconversion; microwave carrier; optical generation; photonic device; simulation results; transmission signal generation; Amplitude shift keying; Binary phase shift keying; Microwave devices; Microwave generation; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical fiber devices; Optical modulation; Phase shift keying; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.989097

Filename

989097