20 Gbit/s wireless bridge at 220 GHz connecting two fiber-optic links

Author

Koenig, S. ; Antes, J. ; Lopez-Diaz, D. ; Schmogrow, R. ; Zwick, T. ; Koos, C. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, Juerg ; Kallfass, I.

Author_Institution

Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

Volume

6

Issue

1

fYear

2014

fDate

Jan. 2014

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

61

Abstract

The feasibility of a wireless link at 220 GHz based on electronic upconversion and downconversion is demonstrated, connecting two optical links at data rates of up to 20 Gbit/s. We use either non-return-to-zero on-off keying with data rates up to 20 Gbit/s or electrical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with data rates up to 9 Gbit/s. The wireless bridge connects the gateways of two spatially separated fiber sections, each with a length of up to 20 km.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; microwave photonics; radio links; radio-over-fibre; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; electrical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; electronic downconversion; electronic upconversion; fiber-optic links; frequency 220 GHz; non-return-to-zero on-off keying; optical links; spatially separated fiber sections; wireless bridge; wireless link; MMICs; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Wireless communication; 220 GHz; Fiber-wireless link; Millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC); Millimeter-wave radio communication; Optical fiber communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0620

Type

jour

DOI

10.1364/JOCN.6.000054

Filename

6725824