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Dual sideband receiver for radio-over-fiber.

Authors :
Horst Y
Blatter T
Kulmer L
Landolt L
Bitachon BI
Vukovic B
Moor D
Salamin Y
Leuthold J
Source :
Optics express [Opt Express] 2024 Jan 29; Vol. 32 (3), pp. 4305-4316.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

A dual sideband reception scheme for radio-over fiber (RoF) links is introduced. It is shown that the new receiver can increase the performance of noise-limited systems by up to 3 dB (2.97 dB in a lab back-to-back experiment). The receiver scheme exploits the fact that current RoF links do not realize their full potential. This is because in typical RoF receivers, the radio-frequency (RF) signals are mapped back to the optical domain by means of electro-optical modulator. In this process energy typically is lost as only one of the two generated sidebands is subsequently used. The suggested receiver exploits the signal of both sidebands. The receiver scheme was subsequently tested in a full optical-RF-optical transmission link at RF carrier frequencies of 228 GHz over a free-space channel spanning distances of 1400 m for symbol rates of up to 48 Gbaud 4 QAM. Here, we could achieve SNR improvements of up to 2.6 dB.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1094-4087
Volume :
32
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Optics express
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38297634
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.501725