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Analysis of hybrid modulation techniques in MZ‐EOM‐based photonic mixers to overcome dispersion‐induced power penalty in up‐converting millimeter‐wave fiber‐optic links
Author(s) -
Fuster Jose M.,
Marti Javier,
Corral Juan L.,
Ramos Francisco,
Polo Valentin
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(19991020)23:2<127::aid-mop19>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - compatible sideband transmission , modulation (music) , sideband , dispersion (optics) , extremely high frequency , physics , radio over fiber , signal (programming language) , local oscillator , power (physics) , microwave , electronic engineering , optics , optical fiber , telecommunications , computer science , engineering , phase noise , acoustics , quantum mechanics , programming language
In this letter, we investigate the combination of single‐sideband (SSB) and double‐sideband (DSB) modulation techniques in up‐converting millimeter‐wave fiber‐optic links. It is shown that the dispersion‐induced power penalty due to fiber chromatic dispersion may be mitigated and eventually overcome by employing MZ‐EOM SSB modulation over the local oscillator signal and/or the intermediate frequency signal. Experimental results are provided for the hybrid modulation scheme which combines both SSB and DSB. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 23: 127–129, 1999.