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Improved filterless12–tupled optical MM-wave generation and 2.5 Gb/s RoF transmission

K. ESAKKI MUTHU1,* , A. SIVANANTHA RAJA2

Affiliation

  1. Department of ECE, University VOC. College of Engineering, Tuticorin, India
  2. Department of ECE, Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikudi, India

Abstract

In this paper, we have proposed and demonstrated an improved optical Millimeter Wave (MM-Wave) generation and a 2.5 Gb/s Radio over Fiber transmission using two cascaded Lithium Niobate Mach-Zehnder Modulators (LN-MZM) without any filter. Both the MZMs are biased with symmetrical biasing parameters. By proper adjustment of RF amplitude, phase and biasing parameters in the MZM, twelvefold MM-wave is generated. An unwanted optical sideband suppression ratio (OSSR) higher than 37 dB and Radio frequency spurious sideband suppression ratio (RFSSR) higher than 37dB are achieved without optical filters. Further, a 2.5 Gb/s data transmission performances are also simulated for both dual tone and single tone modulation formats. The dispersion induced power penalty of 5 dB for the dual tone and 0.4 dB for single tone modulation formats are obtained..

Keywords

Millimeter Wave, Radio over Fiber, Mach-Zehnder Modulator, RFFSSR, OSSR.

Citation

K. ESAKKI MUTHU, A. SIVANANTHA RAJA, Improved filterless12–tupled optical MM-wave generation and 2.5 Gb/s RoF transmission, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 10, 11-12, November–December 2016, pp.869-872 (2016).

Submitted at: June 3, 2016

Accepted at: Nov. 25, 2016