Fiber-wireless-fiber link for 20-Gb/s QPSK signal delivery at W-band with DML for E/O conversion in wireless-fiber connection

Long Chen*, Jianjun Yu, Jiangnan Xiao, Xinying Li, Yuming Xu, Ziran Zhang

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Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a W-band fiber-wireless-fiber integration transmission system with directly-modulated laser (DML) for electrical-to-optical (E/O) conversion. In this system, 20-Gb/s quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) signal is transmitted for 20-km single-mode fiber-28 (SMF-28), then delivered over 160-m wireless link and finally transmitted for 40-km SMF-28 under BER of 3.8×10-3. Our experimental results show that a simple and cost-effective DML is suitable for E/O conversion. Its transmission performance can be improved once the DML's nonlinear saturation effect is compensated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number20213
Pages (from-to)231-235
Number of pages5
JournalOptics Communications
Volume354
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DML
  • Fiber-wireless-fiber integration
  • Photonic demodulation
  • W-band

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Chen, L., Yu, J., Xiao, J., Li, X., Xu, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2015). Fiber-wireless-fiber link for 20-Gb/s QPSK signal delivery at W-band with DML for E/O conversion in wireless-fiber connection. Optics Communications, 354, 231-235. Article 20213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2015.05.076