Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier

Lei Liu; Min Zhang; Mingtao Liu; Wei Yang; Xiaopin Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

13 March 2012 Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier

Lei Liu, Min Zhang, Mingtao Liu, Wei Yang, Xiaopin Zhang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 3, 035001 (March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

Abstract

A scheme of photonic orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal generation and distribution employing copolarized pumps generated by a dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and four-wave mixing inside an optical semiconductor amplifier (SOA) is proposed and evaluated by theoretical analysis and simulations. In this proposal, 12 times optical frequency multiplication is utilized to up-convert the intermediate frequency band OFDM signal to the millimeter wave (mm-wave) band. The system performance under various key parameters of the SOA and the input optical signal is evaluated and discussed. The results present useful insight for the practicality of photonic mm-wave signal generation and distribution in the next-generation optical-wireless access network.

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Lei Liu, Min Zhang, Mingtao Liu, Wei Yang, and Xiaopin Zhang "Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier," Optical Engineering 51(3), 035001 (13 March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

Published: 13 March 2012

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