Title :
On optimizing the operating conditions of a Mach-Zehnder modulator for IR-UWB over fiber transmission
Author :
Taki, H. ; Azou, S. ; Hamie, A. ; Al Housseini, A. ; Alaeddine, A. ; Sharaiha, A.
Author_Institution :
Lebanese Univ., Beirut, Lebanon
fDate :
April 29 2015-May 1 2015
Abstract :
The power efficiency of a 2 Gbps OOK-based Impulse Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) system based on 5th-derivative Gaussian and Abraha´s pulse is studied in this paper, with the aim of optimizing the Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) setup. The best peak-to-peak (p-p) voltage is computed for several fiber lengths up to 40 Km. It is shown that adapting the p-p voltage with distance, with a trade-off between MZM output power and linearity while respecting FCC spectral constraints, can improve the system performance.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optimisation; radio-over-fibre; Abraha pulse; FCC spectral constraints; Gaussian pulse; IR-UWB over fiber transmission; MZM linearity; MZM output power; Mach-Zehnder modulator; OOK; RoF system; bit rate 2 Gbit/s; impulse radio-over-fiber system; on-off keying; operating conditions; optimization; p-p voltage; peak-to-peak voltage; power efficiency; FCC; Linearity; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications (DICTAP), 2015 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beirut
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4130-8
DOI :
10.1109/DICTAP.2015.7113192
