Dynamic range of coherent analog fiber-optic links

Kalman, Robert F.; Fan, Jiayan; Kazovsky, L.G.

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“…External modulators may rely on modulating both the intensity [32] and the angle, i.e., phase or frequency, [33] of the optical carrier. The commonly employed external intensity modulators include the following.…”

Section: ) External Modulation Of the Laser Outputmentioning

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Millimeter-Wave Radio Over Fiber Optical Upconversion Techniques Relying on Link Nonlinearity

Thomas

El‐Hajjar

Hanzo

2016

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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Abstract-A study of advanced upconversion techniques used in radio over fiber (ROF) is provided. With the huge increase in both the number of wireless communication subscribers and the bandwidth required per customer, migrating to higher frequencies, i.e., from lower radio frequency to millimeter-wave carriers, is an essential solution. However, due to the short propagation range of millimeter waves, a large number of radio access points are required for providing reliable coverage, which would increase the infrastructure costs. Hence, the transmission of RF signals between the central (or control) points and radio access points (or remote antenna units) using optical fibers is one of the major access network solutions that have been proposed for future high-bandwidth wireless communication systems. In this paper, we introduce the basics of ROF communication, including optical modulation, the optical channel, and the optical detection techniques. Then we survey the family of advanced optical upconversion techniques that exploit the nonlinearity of the ROF link. Specifically, we describe how optical upconversion can be achieved by exploiting the Mach-Zehnder modulator's nonlinearity, wavelength conversion techniques, or the photodetector's nonlinearity. The wavelength conversion techniques rely on the nonlinearities present in the fiber, in the optical amplifier, or in the electroabsorption modulator. Index Terms-Radio over fiber, direct modulation, external modulation, direct photo-detection, coherent photo-detection, mach zehnder modulator, cross phase modulation, self phase modulation, four wave mixing, stimulated raman scattering, stimulated brillouin scattering, optical frequency modulation, optical phase modulation, optical intensity modulation, optical single side band modulation, optical double side band modulation, optical carrier suppression modulation, sub carrier multiplexing, wavelength division multiplexing, optical N-tupling, optical upconversion, semiconductor optical amplifier, electro-absorption modulator, mach zehnder interferometer, highly nonlinear dispersion shifted fiber, nonlinear optical loop mirror, millimeter wave, 5G, microwave photonics.

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Section: ) External Modulation Of the Laser Outputmentioning

confidence: 99%

Millimeter-Wave Radio Over Fiber Optical Upconversion Techniques Relying on Link Nonlinearity

Thomas

El‐Hajjar

Hanzo

2016

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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“…For some applications, particularly analog signal applications, high optical powers can be necessary [55]. For example, the accuracy of a photonic ADC is limited both by the power that reaches the photodiode and the uncorrectable non-linearity of the modulator.…”

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Silicon photonics devices for integrated analog signal processing and sampling

Spector

Sorace-Agaskar

2014

Nanophotonics

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Silicon photonics offers the possibility of a reduction in size weight and power for many optical systems, and could open up the ability to build optical systems with complexities that would otherwise be impossible to achieve. Silicon photonics is an emerging technology that has already been inserted into commercial communication products. This technology has also been applied to analog signal processing applications. MIT Lincoln Laboratory in collaboration with groups at MIT has developed a toolkit of silicon photonic devices with a focus on the needs of analog systems. This toolkit includes low-loss waveguides, a high-speed modulator, ring resonator based filter bank, and all-silicon photodiodes. The components are integrated together for a hybrid photonic and electronic analog-to-digital converter. The development and performance of these devices will be discussed. Additionally, the linear performance of these devices, which is important for analog systems, is also investigated.

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“…Assuming a Lorentzian model for the laser's spectral line, the phase noise on the optical carrier is white noise with spectral density proportional to the laser's 3-dB linewidth, ν [62]. The phase fluctuations are converted to intensity fluctuations by the filter in the same manner as it converts the modulation.…”

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Linear, Low Noise Microwave Photonic Systems using Phase and Frequency Modulation

Wyrwas¹

2012

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Dynamic range of coherent analog fiber-optic links

Cited by 110 publications

References 27 publications

Millimeter-Wave Radio Over Fiber Optical Upconversion Techniques Relying on Link Nonlinearity

Millimeter-Wave Radio Over Fiber Optical Upconversion Techniques Relying on Link Nonlinearity

Silicon photonics devices for integrated analog signal processing and sampling

Linear, Low Noise Microwave Photonic Systems using Phase and Frequency Modulation

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