Transmission of a 40 GHz optical millimeter wave generated by quadrupling a 10 GHz local oscillator via a Mach-Zehnder modulator

Jianxin Ma; L. Chen; Xiangjun Xin; J. Yu; Chongxiu Yu; Z. Dong; Qi Zhang

doi:10.1088/1464-4258/11/6/065406

Transmission of a 40 GHz optical millimeter wave generated by quadrupling a 10 GHz local oscillator via a Mach-Zehnder modulator

Jianxin Ma^*, L. Chen, Xiangjun Xin, J. Yu, Chongxiu Yu, Z. Dong, Qi Zhang

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Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated the generation of 40GHz optical millimeter (mm) waves with a Mach-Zehnder modulator driven by a 10GHz local oscillator. The generated optical mm wave mainly consists of two tones, positive and negative second-order sidebands. The transmission performance with two signal modulation formats is investigated. According to our theoretical analysis and experimental results, the transmission distance is limited by fiber dispersion because of the time shift of the signal pulse carried by the two tones when the signal is modulated on both sidebands. However, this transmission distance limitation can be eliminated when only one sideband is modulated by the signal since the time shift of the signal pulse is overcome.

Original language	English
Article number	065406
Journal	Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
Volume	11
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/11/6/065406
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fiber chromatic dispersion
Mach Zehnder modulator (MZM)
Optical millimeter (mm) wave
Radio-over-fiber (RoF)

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