• DocumentCode
    516128
  • Title

    Optical biasing in direct detection optical-OFDM for improving receiver sensitivity

  • Author

    Ali, Abdulamir ; Paul, Henning ; Leibrich, Jochen ; Rosenkranz, Werner ; Kammeyer, Karl-Dirk

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun., Univ. of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We show that replacing of electrical by an optical biasing minimizes the nonlinearity effect of an optical modulator. This allows the amplitude of the driving signal to be increased which increases the robustness towards distortion.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; optical modulation; optical receivers; sensitivity; direct detection optical-OFDM; nonlinearity effect; optical biasing; optical modulator; receiver sensitivity; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical detectors; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465842
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=516128