Optimum Biasing of VCSEL Diodes for All-Optical Up-Conversion of OFDM Signals

Author

Schimpf, Armin ; Bucci, Davide ; Cabon, Béatrice

Author_Institution

IMEP-ENSERG, MINATEC-INPG, Grenoble, France

Volume

27

Issue

16

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3484

Lastpage

3489

Abstract

Nonlinear behavior of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) diodes is exploited to perform all-optical up-conversion by second- and third-order mixing. We investigate and explain conditions for optimum frequency mixing with a common WLAN IEEE 802.11a signal. Then, we apply these findings to the transmission of an ultra-wideband (UWB) multiband-OFDM ECMA-368 signal over a fiber-optic link. We demonstrate direct modulation with the UWB signal up to 10.3 GHz and perform up-conversion to frequencies as high as 16 GHz, far beyond the cutoff frequency of the VCSEL diode.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; laser cavity resonators; multiwave mixing; optical fibre LAN; optical frequency conversion; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; ultra wideband communication; wireless LAN; VCSEL diode; WLAN IEEE 802.11a signal; all-optical up-conversion; fiber-optic link; optimum frequency mixing; second-order mixing; third-order mixing; ultra-wideband multiband-OFDM ECMA-368 signal; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Direct modulation; UWB; VCSEL; multiband-OFDM; nonlinearities; optical-microwave mixing; radio-over-fiber; up-conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.2006691

Filename

4895321