Wavelength-division multiplexed millimeter-wave-band radio-on-fiber system using a supercontinuum light source
- Title :
Wavelength-division multiplexed millimeter-wave-band radio-on-fiber system using a supercontinuum light source
- Author :
Teppei Nakasyotani, Hiroyuki Toda, Toshiaki Kuri, and Ken-ichi Kitayama
- Journal :
IEEE J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 24, no. 1, pp.404-410, 2006.
- Abstract :
We propose to use a supercontinuum (SC) for a low phase-noise multi-wavelength light source in
wavelength-divison-multiplexed (WDM) millimeter-wave-band radio-on-fiber (RoF) systems.
We demonstrate the generation of low phase-noise 60-GHz-band RoF signal. We also demonstrate
the generation of 2-channel WDM 60-GHz-band RoF signals and the transmission of the signals
over 25-km standard SMF using photonic up-conversion. The single multi-wavelength light source
can be shared with s number of users and simplifies the system configuration, which would allow
to realize high-reliability as well as low-cost RoF systems. Finally, the RoF network capacity
with single SC light source is estimated to be over 10,000 channels when the spectrum of the
SC light source is fully utilized.
- Key words :
Supercontinuum (SC) light source, wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), radio-on-fiber (RoF),
photonic up-conversion.
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