New optical microwave up-conversion solution in radio-over-fiber networks for 60-GHz wireless applications

Author

Le Guennec, Yannis ; Maury, Ghislaine ; Yao, Jianping ; Cabon, Béatrice

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microelectron. Electromagnetism & Photonics, Grenoble

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1277

Lastpage

1282

Abstract

A new method for generating optical microwave mixing based on the optical phase modulation and the fiber chromatic dispersion is further investigated. A theoretical approach based on the analysis of the optical field spectrum has lead to the evaluation of the mixing power and optimal fiber lengths of 60-GHz radio-over-fiber (RoF) networks. Results have shown adaptable fiber lengths to match the network specifications

Keywords

microwave photonics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; phase modulation; radio-over-fibre; 60 GHz; fiber chromatic dispersion; optical field spectrum; optical microwave mixing; optical microwave upconversion; optical phase modulation; radio-over-fiber networks; wireless application; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Intelligent networks; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; RF signals; 60 GHz; Fiber chromatic dispersion; frequency modulation; optical fiber communications; optical microwave mixing; phase modulator; radio-over-fiber (RoF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.863301

Filename

1605329