Dispersion Robustness of Millimeter Waves Generated by Up-Conversion Strategies |
| |
| Authors: | P. Laurêncio H. Vargues I. Fortes R. Avó M. C. R. Medeiros |
| |
| Affiliation: | 1. Center for Electronic, Optoelectronic, and Telecommunications, University of Algarve , Faro, Portugal;2. Instituto Superior de Engenharia, University of Algarve , Faro, Portugal;3. Center for Electronic, Optoelectronic, and Telecommunications, University of Algarve , Faro, Portugal |
| |
| Abstract: | ![]()
Abstract The performance degradation caused by transmission along dispersive single-mode fibers of optically generated millimeter-wave signals using up-conversion is theoretically assessed and validated by numerical simulation. Up-conversion techniques based on optical double sideband, optical single sideband, and optical carrier suppression are considered. The generation of 60 GHz by frequency tripling using the optical single sideband is shown to be particularly tolerant to the fiber dispersion. The practical imbalance of Mach-Zehnder modulators is taken into account for optical carrier suppression modulation, where the finite extinction ratio is found to increase tolerance to fiber dispersion. |
| |
| Keywords: | optical millimeter wave generation radio over fiber up-conversion using external modulators |
|
|
