Abstract
We report an operational photonics-enabled 100 Gbit/s D-band antenna polarization multiplexing system (2 × 2 MIMO) with a carrier frequency of 141 GHz, and experimentally explores antenna misalignment effects on the signal performance in terms of bit error rate. Misalignments from −10 to 10 degrees were evaluated for both the E- and H-plane, highlighting the strict requirements needed to maintain a signal performance below forward-error correction codes thresholds. Our findings indicate tolerable misalignments are below 1 degree, hinting beam steering as a must for future D-band communication links.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1431-1434 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Microwave and Optical Technology Letters |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- carrierless amplitude phase (CAP) modulation
- optical communications
- radio frequency photonics