Title :
Characterizations of supercontinuum light source for WDM millimeter-wave-band radio-on-fiber systems
Author :
Kuri, Toshiaki ; Nakasyotani, Teppei ; Toda, Hiroyuki ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Basic & Adv. Res. Div., Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We qualitatively evaluate for the first time phase-noise characteristics of radio-frequency carriers of a supercontinuum generator and prove to be promising as the multiwavelength light source for wavelength-division-multiplexed millimeter-wave-band radio-on-fiber systems.
Keywords :
light sources; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical noise; phase noise; supercontinuum generation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM millimeter-wave-band radio-on-fiber systems; phase-noise; radio-frequency carriers; supercontinuum generator; supercontinuum light source; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Amplitude modulation; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Light sources; Noise measurement; Optical filters; Optical noise; Phase noise; Wavelength division multiplexing; Phase noise; radio-on-fiber (ROF); supercontinuum (SC) light source; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.846497
