• DocumentCode
    878423
  • Title

    Power efficient optical OFDM

  • Author

    Armstrong, J. ; Lowery, A.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    3/16/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    370
  • Lastpage
    372
  • Abstract
    A new technique for using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in optical systems is presented. Clipped OFDM is derived from a bipolar OFDM waveform by setting the negative values to zero. It has an optical efficiency 8 dB better than DC biased OFDM. If only the odd OFDM subcarriers are modulated, the clipping noise is orthogonal to the wanted signal.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; optical communication; optical modulation; subcarrier multiplexing; OFDM subcarriers; bipolar OFDM waveform; clipped OFDM; clipping noise; optical communication; optical fibre systems; optical wireless systems; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; power efficient optical OFDM;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20063636
  • Filename
    1610439