OML • Radio over Fiber I – Jianjun Yu; NEC Labs America, Inc., USA, Presider
OML1 • 1:30 p.m. Radio Frequency Transparent Demodulation for Broadband Wireless Links, Rakesh Sambaraju1, Darko Zibar2, Ruben Alemany1, Antonio Caballero2, Javier Herrera1, Idelfonso T. Monroy2; 1Univ. Politnica de Valencia, Spain, 2DTU Fotonik, Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark.
Novel demodulation technique for radio over fiber systems, transparent to RF carrier frequency, employing coherent detection and baseband digital signal processing is presented for the first time. Multi-gigabit signal demodulation at 40GHz RF is demonstrated.
OML2 • 1:45 p.m. Vector Signal Transmission in Radio over Fiber Link Employing Optical Multi-Sidebands Modulation Scheme, Xi Wu, Xiaoping Zheng, Shangyuan Li, He Wen, Hanyi Zhang; Dept. of Electronic and Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., China.
We propose theoretically and experimentally demonstrate a radio-over-fiber link employing optical multi-sidebands modulation to transmit vector signals, with the advantages of overcoming dispersion-induced fading effect and system simplification.
OML3 • 2:00 p.m. Optical Phase-Modulated Radio-over-Fiber Links with K-Means Algorithm for Digital Demodulation of 8PSK Subcarrier Multiplexed Signals, Neil Guerrero Gonzalez, Darko Zibar, Xianbin Yu, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy; Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark. A k-means algorithm for phase recovery of three, 50 Mbaud, 8PSK subcarrier multiplexed signals at 5 GHz for optical phase-modulated radio-over-fiber is proposed and experimentally demonstrated after 40 km of single mode fiber transmission.
OML4 • 2:15 p.m. Novel Generation and Transmission of 2 Gbps Impulse Radio Ultra Wideband over MMF for In-Building Networks Application, S. T. Abraha, H. Yang, C. M. Okonkwo, H. P. A. van den Boom, E. Tangdiongga, A. M. J. Koonen; Technical Univ. of Eindhoven, Netherlands.
We propose novel generation technique of IR-UWB pulse by linearly combining two monocycles using different pulse shapes. We experimentally demonstrate DSP based BER measurement of 2 Gbps IR-UWB over multimode fiber for in-building networks application.
OML5 • 2:30 p.m. Tutorial Long Haul Analog Links, Vincent J. Urick; NRL, USA.
The principles of radiofrequency analog photonics are reviewed with special attention to long-haul analog links. Novel analog modulation formats are demonstrated as alternatives to the intensity-modulation, direct-detection technique. Photodiode limitations and receiver designs are discussed.
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. OTuF • Radio over Fiber II Alwyn Seeds; Univ. College London, UK, Presider
OTuF1 • 2:00 p.m. Invited Wideband Wireless over Fibre Systems, Ian White, R. V. Penty, M. Crisp, S. Sabesan; Univ. of Cambridge,
UK. Broadband radio-overfiber systems, which can simultaneously distribute multiple wireless services and enable remote sensing, are reviewed. The systems are used to demonstrate improved remote passive RFID tag detection through the use of multiple antennas.
OTuF • Radio over Fiber II—Continued
OTuF2 • 2:30 p.m. Arbitrary-Frequency Optical Millimeter-Wave Generation for Radio over Fiber Systems, Jianjun Yu1, Ming-Fang Huang1, Zhensheng Jia2, Arshad Chowdhury2, Hung-Chang Chien2, Ze Dong2, Wei Jia2, Gee-Kung Chang2; 1NEC Labs America, Inc., USA, 2Georgia Tech, USA.
The arbitrary-frequency optical microwave or millimeter (mm)-wave signals, ranging from 25 to 325GHz with 25GHz spacing, can be simultaneously generated based on the generation technology of multi-wavelength laser source followed by a wavelength selected switch.
OTuF3 • 2:45 p.m. QPSK-OFDM Radio over Polymer Optical Fiber for Broadband in-Building 60GHz Wireless Access, Wei Jian1,2, Cheng Liu2, Hung-Chang Chien2, Shu-Hao Fan2, Jianguo Yu3, Jianxin Wang3, Chongxiu Yu1, Ze Dong2,4, Jianjun Yu5, Gee-Kung Chang2; 1Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, China, 2Georgia Tech, USA, 3State Key Lab of Optical Communication Technologies Networks, China, 4Hunan Univ., China, 5NEC Labs America, Inc., USA.
500Mb/s Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying (QPSK)-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signals on 60-GHz mm-wave are experimentally demonstrated over 100-m graded-index polymer optical fiber with less than 1 dB power penalty at BER = 10-4.
OTuF4 • 3:00 p.m. 21 Gbps OFDM Wireless Signal Transmission at 60 GHz Using a Simple IMDD Radio-over-Fiber System, Anthony Ng’oma1, Po-Tsung Shih2, Jacob George1, Frank Annunziata1, Michael Sauer1, Chun-Ting Lin3, Wen-Jr Jiang2, Jyehong Chen2, Sien Chi2; 1Corning, Inc., USA, 2Dept. of Photonics and Inst. of Electro-Optics, Natl. Chiao Tung, Univ., Taiwan, 3Inst. of Photonic System, Natl. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan.
A simple double-sideband IMDD RoF system is successfully employed to directly transport a 21 Gbps OFDM signal at 60 GHz over 500 m of standard single-mode fiber and 10 m wireless distance.
OTuF5 • 3:15 p.m. Multi-Gbps ASK and QPSK-Modulated 60 GHz RoF Link Using an Optically Injection Locked VCSEL, Devang Parekh1, Weijian Yang1, Anthony Ng’Oma2, David Fortusini2, Michael Sauer2, Seldon Benjamin2, Werner Hofmann1, Markus C. Amann3, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain1; 1Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA, 2Corning, Inc., USA, 3Walter Schottky Inst., Technical Univ. of Munich, Germany.
A 60 GHz RoF transmitter employing an optically injection locked VCSEL is demonstrated for the first time. Multi-Gbps ASK and QPSK at 60 GHz after 20 km fiber and 3 m wireless transmission is shown.
OTuF6 • 3:30 p.m. Invited : Photonic Generation and Processing Technologies for Converged Ultra-High Throughput Fiber-Wireless Systems, Zhensheng Jia1, Jianjun Yu2, Anjali Agarwal1, Hung-Chang Chien3, Arshad Chowdhury3, Georgios Ellinas4, Janet Jackel1, Gee-Kung Chang3; 1Telcordia Technologies, USA, 2NEC Labs America, Inc., USA, 3Georgia Tech, USA, 4Univ. of Cyprus, Cyprus.
We discuss the recent advances of key photonic generation and processing technologies toward high flexibility, integration, and spectrum efficiency for delivering ultra-high throughput wireless services over optical fiber
systems for access and very-short-reach applications.
JWA51 Optoelectronic Generation of Millimeter- Wave White-Light at W-Band with Very-Fast Sweeping Rate by Use of High-Power and Broadband Photonic Emitters, F.-M. Kuo, Jin-Wei Shi, Hsuan Ju Tsai, Nan-Wei Chen, Mount-Learn Wu; Natl. Central Univ., Taiwan.
By using photonic emitters and fastscanning lasers at 1.55μm wavelengths, we generated very-flat spectra at 75-110GHz with a thirty times faster scanning-rate (35GHz/ms), much lower driving-voltage, and comparable power than those of tunable MMW oscillator.
JWA54 Experimental Analyses and Optimization of Equalization Techniques for 60-GHz OFDM Radio-over-Fiber System, Cheng Liu1, Wei Jian1,2, Hung-Chang Chien1, Arshad Chowdhury1, Gee-Kung Chang1; 1Georgia Tech, USA, 2Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, China.
We experimentally investigated transmission performance of 16QAM-OFDM signal over 25-km fiber and 5-m air-link using 60GHz-ROF technology. It is the first time that the details of optimal equalization technique for 60GHz OFDM ROF system are presented.
JWA55 A Novel Carrier-Eliminated Optical Millimeter-Wave Generation Using a Single over-Driven Phase Modulator, Hung-Chang Chien, Yu-Ting Hsueh, Arshad Chowdhury, Gee-Kung Chang; Georgia Tech, USA.
A carrier-eliminated 40-GHz optical mm-wave generated by over-driving a phase modulator is first proposed. Error-free transmission over 10-km SMF-28 and 3-m wireless is successfully demonstrated with a highly relaxed bandwidth requirement for sideband optical filtering.
JWA56 Reducing Modal Noise in Short-Range Radio over Multimode Fibre Links, Davide Visani1, Giovanni Tartarini1, Martin N. Petersen2, Luigi Tarlazzi3, Pier Faccin3; 1Univ. of Bologna, Italy, 2DTU Fotonik, Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark, 3Andrew, Wireless Systems Srl, Italy.
Reducing gain fluctuations in Short Range Radio over Multimode Fiber Links requires Central Launch. Furthermore, the quality of today’s optical connectors gives importance to the combined effect of finite detecting area and laser frequency chirp.
JWA57 Multi-Service Multi-Carrier Broadband MIMO Distributed Antenna Systems for in-Building Optical Wireless Access, Arshad M. Chowdhury, Hung-Chang Chien, Jian Wei, Gee-Kung Chang; Georgia Tech, USA.
Mechanism to simultaneously transmit broadband multi-service multi-carrier MIMO DAS for in-building optical-wireless access is proposed. It does not require narrowband bandpass filters, thus upgrading non-MIMO services or adding new MIMO services would be cost-effective.
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. OWQ • Integrated Optical and Wireless Access Dalma Novak; Pharad LLC, USA, Presider
OWQ1 • 1:00 p.m. Invited: Integrated Optical and Wireless Access/Metro Networks, Chunming Qiao1, Jianping Wang2, Ting Wang3; 1SUNY Buffalo, USA, 2Computer Science Dept., City Univ. of Hong Kong, China, 3NEC Labs America, Inc., USA.
This paper discusses several protocol issues in an integrated PON plus a wireless mesh network, and designs for supporting direct inter-ONU and wireless peer-to-peer communications, and collaborative mobile cellular systems.
OWQ2 • 1:30 p.m. Enabling Passive Interfaces for Integrated Optical and Wireless Access Networks, Christina Lim1, Ka-Lun Lee1, An Tran2, Rod Tucker1; 1ARC Special Res. Ctr. for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia, 2Natl. ICT Australia, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia.
We propose passive interfaces for integrated optical wireless access networks incorporating optical-tandem-single-sideband (OTSSB) modulation scheme. The performance of the interfaces is evaluated experimentally with OTSSB and VCSEL for simultaneous transport of wired and wireless signals.
OWQ3 • 1:45 p.m. Selective Multicast in a Dynamic Wavelength Router for DWDM Converged Wired/Wireless Access Networks, Gustavo Puerto, José Mora, Beatriz Ortega, José Capmany; ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.
Transmission of selective multicast services has been demonstrated in a cost-effective dynamic channel allocation router. The approach envisions heterogeneous infrastructures with unicast, broadcast and multicast-related functions on a radio over fiber access network.
OWQ4 • 2:00 p.m. Using Wavelength Splitting at the Remote Node to Mitigate Rayleigh Backscattering for Optical Wired and Wireless Access Networks, C. W. Chow1, L. Xu2, F. Y. Shih1, Y. F. Wu1, C. H. Yeh3, H. K. Tsang2, S. Chi1,4; 1Dept. of Photonics, Natl. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan, 2Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 3Information and Communications Res. Labs, Industrial Technology Res. Inst., Taiwan, 4Dept. of Electro-Optical Engineering, Yuan Ze Univ., Taiwan.
We demonstrate an optical wired and wireless access network using wavelength-splitting (WS) at remote-node. A pair of CW carriers is generated from each laser source for wired and wireless applications respectively for effective Rayleigh backscattering mitigation.
OWQ5 • 2:15 p.m. Demonstration of Simultaneous All-Optical Up-Conversion of Gigabit Wireless Services at 60-GHz and 64-GHz in Converged Optical Wireless System Carried by Single Wavelength Lightwave, Arshad M. Chowdhury, Hung-Chang Chien, Gee-Kung Chang; Georgia Tech, USA.
Alloptical simultaneous up-conversion of multiple, separate 1-Gb/s wireless services at 60GHz and 64GHz mm-wave band carried by one single lightwave for in-building radio-over-fiber based optical wireless access system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated.
OWQ6 • 2:30 p.m. Invited : The Convergence of Wired and Wireless Services Delivery in Access and Home Networks, Mikhail Popov; Acreo Netlab, Sweden.
Radio-over-fiber, backhauling and femtonodes are considered for delivering mobile communication services over access and home networks. The RoF overlay is an attractive alternative for optical access, whereas femtonodes are a justified option for home networks.
8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. OThF • Microwave Photonics and Coherent Receivers, Randall Babbitt; Montana State Univ., USA, Presider
OThF1 • 8:00 a.m. 100 GHz Ultra-Wideband Wireless System for the Fiber to the Antenna Networks, C.W. Chow1, F. M. Kuo2, J. W. Shi2, C. H. Yeh3, Y. F. Wu1, C. L. Pan4; 1Dept. of Photonics, Natl. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan, 2Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Natl. Central Univ., Taiwan, 3Information and Communications Res. Labs, Industrial Technology Res. Inst., Taiwan, 4Dept. of Physics and Inst. of Photonics Technologies, Natl. Tsing-Hua Univ., Taiwan.
We experimentally demonstrate an optical ultra-wideband (UWB) (75GHz-110GHz) fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) system using our developed W-band nearballistic unitraveling-carrier photodiode (NBUTC-PD) based photonic transmitter (PT). 2.5Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s UWB-FTTA systems with 1,024 high split-ratio are demonstrated.
OThF2 • 8:15 a.m. Low Phase Noise Millimeter-Wave Generation by Integrated Dual Wavelength Laser Diode, Changzheng Sun, Jin Huang, Bing Xiong, Yi Luo; Dept. of Electronic Engineering. Tsinghua Univ., China.
We report millimeter-wave generation by an integrated dual wavelength laser diode based on optical sideband injection locking. Low phase noise millimeter-wave carrier at 42 GHz has been generated from 5.25 GHz modulation signal.
OThF • Microwave Photonics and Coherent Receivers—Continued
OThF3 • 8:30 a.m. Optical Phase and Amplitude Control for Beamforming with Cascades of Gires-Tournois Bragg Grating Filters, Marco Michele Sisto1,2, Mohammad E. Mousa Pasandi1,3, Leslie A. Rusch1, Sophie LaRochelle1; 1Univ. Laval, Canada, 2Inst. Natl. d’Optique, Canada, 3McGill Univ., Canada.
We report experimental results on an optical beamformer capable of independentamplitude and phase control of RF signals fed to an antenna array. We investigate its performance for beam direction adjustment and side lobe suppression.
OThF4 • 8:45 a.m. Tunable Microwave Photonic Filter with Programmable Apodization Based on Optical Comb, Ehsan Hamidi, Daniel E. Leaird, Andrew M. Weiner; Purdue Univ., USA.
We demonstrate the application of optical combs to implement microwave photonic filters with large number of taps. By utilizing optical delay and line-by-line pulse shaping we are able to tune and program the filter’s bandpass.
OThF5 • 9:00 a.m. Invited : Linear Coherent Optical Receivers, Leif A. Johansson, Uppili Krishnamachari, Anand Ramaswamy, Jonathan Klamkin, Sasa Ristic, Hsu-Feng Chou, Larry A. Coldren, Mark Rodwell, John E. Bowers; Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA.
The development of linear coherent receivers at UCSB is reviewed. The progression of the feedback receiver architecture toward closer integration, lower feedback delay and higher performance is outlined. The alternative XOR receiver approach is summarized.
OThF6 • 9:30 a.m. Optical Carrier Suppression and Balanced Coherent Heterodyne Detection for Improved Performance in Wide-Band Microwave Photonic Links, Charles Middleton, Richard DeSalvo; Harris Corp.,USA.
We demonstrate a wide-band microwave photonic link with high gain and dynamic range, low noise figure, and
dispersion-free propagation using double sideband suppressed carrier modulation, optical amplification and balanced coherent heterodyne detection.
OThF7 • 9:45 a.m. 12.5-Gb/s Wireless Data Transmission by Using Bias Modulation of NBUTC-PD Based W-Band Photonic Transmitter- Mixer, F.- M. Kuo1, Ho Yen-Lin2, Jin-Wei Shi1, Nan-Wei Chen1, Wen-Jr. Jiang2, Chun-Ting Lin2, Jason (Jyehong) Chen2, Ci-Ling Pan3, Sien Chi4; 1Natl. Central Univ., Taiwan, 2Natl. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan, 3Natl. Tsing-Hua Univ., Taiwan, 4Yuan Ze Univ., Taiwan.
We demonstrated near-ballistic uni-traveling-carrier photodiode based broadband photonic transmitter-mixers with quasi-Yagi radiators fed horn antennas. 100GHz wireless transmission with data rate as high as 12.5-Gb/s via bias modulation under high photocurrent (20mA) has been achieved.
JThA35 – Multiband Signals Generation and Transmission over Fiber and Air by a Novel Frequency-Doubled, Radio-over-Fiber Architecture without Expensive Carrier Suppression Filters, Yu-Ting Hsueh, Hung-Chang Chien, Arshad Chowdhury, Gee-Kung Chang; School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech, USA.
We demonstrate a novel frequency-doubled wireless over fiber system to offer multiband services including baseband, 60-GHz millimeterwave and 15-GHz microwave without carrier suppression. Multiband wireless signals are successfully transmitted through both fiber and air channels.
JThA36 Simultaneous Transmission of 256-QAM WIMAX at 5.7GHz and Optically Generated Impulse Radio UWB over Fiber for Indoor Wireless Multi-Services, Xianbin Yu1, Xiaoli Yin1,2, Timothy Braidwood Gibbon1, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy1; 1DTU Fotonik, Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark, 2School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, China.
Fiber transmission of simultaneous optically generated FCC compliant 625Mbps impulse radio UWB and 80Mbps 256-QAM IEEE 802.16 WIMAX signals is experimentally demonstrated by using a single directly modulated light source.
JThA38 Phase Stable RF-over-Fiber Transmission Using Heterodyne Interferometry, Russell Wilcox, John Byrd, Lawrence Doolittle, Gang Huang, John Staples; Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab, USA.
We demonstrate stable transmission of 3GHz over 300m of fiber with less than 0.017 degree (17fs) RMS phase error.
An interferometer measures optical phase delay, providing information to a feedforward correction of RF phase.
JThA42 Availability-Aware Routing for Large-Scale Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network, Xu Shao, Yong Kee Yeo, Lek Heng Ngoh, Xiaofei Cheng, Weifeng Rong, Luying Zhou; Inst. for Infocomm Res., A*STAR, Singapore.
In large-scale hybrid wireless-optical broadband access networks, the availability of wireless links and optical
links varies considerably. Availability-aware routing can significantly improve availability and throughput by encouraging more usage of PON.
JThA57 Radio-over-Fibre Phase Contrast Imaging Using a Reflective Electro-Absorption Transducer and 1550/1310nm VCSELs, Terence Quinlan1, Sandra Dudley2, Stuart Walker1; 1Univ. of Essex, UK, 2London South Bank Univ., UK.
Radio-over-fibre phase contrast imaging is a new technique for object characterization in hostile environments. Commercially-available 1550nm/1310nm VCSELs and a reflective electro-absorption transducer offer sub-mm resolution over 1km of SMF in a 3.1-5 GHz bandwidth.
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. OThO • Radio over Fiber Access Networks Ting Wang; NEC Labs America, Inc., USA, Presider
OThO1 • 1:00 p.m. Spectrum-Compressed, Millimeter-Wave Wireless over Fiber Access System Using Duobinary Line Coding at 10-Gbps and beyond, Hung-Chang Chien1, Arshad Chowdhury1, Shu-Hao Fan1, Daniel Guidotti1, Yu-Ting Hsueh1, Zhensheng Jia2, Gee-Kung Chang1; 1Georgia Tech, USA, 2Telcordia Technologies, USA.
For the first time, a spectrum-compressed very-high-throughput wireless-over-fiber system leveraging duobinary signaling is proposed. Error-free transmission of a 10-Gbps duobinary signal at 60-GHz over 5-km SMF-28 and 6-ft freespace is successfully demonstrated without any decoders/demodulators.
OThO2 • 1:15 p.m. Full Colorless WDM-RoF System with Simultaneous Transmission of 63-GHz and Baseband 1.25-Gbps Data by Sideband Separation, Hyun-Seung Kim, Yong-Yuk Won, Yong-Hwan Son, Sang-Kook Han; Yonsei Univ., Republic of Korea.
The radio over fiber system that transmits 63-GHzband and baseband signals simultaneously based on WDM system is proposed. BER performance and RF spectrum are analyzed for observing downlink and uplink transmission characteristics.
OThO3 • 1:30 p.m. Invited Ultra-Wideband Radio-over-Fiber Techniques and Networks, Benoît Charbonnier1, Frédéric Lecoche1, Mario Weiß2, Andreas Stöhr2, F. van Dijk3, A. Enard3, F. Blache3, M.Goix3, F. Mallecot3, D. G. Moodie4, A. Borghesani4, C. W. Ford4; 1France Télécom Res. and Development, France, 2Univ. Duisburg-Essen, Germany, 3Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab, France, 4CIP Technologies, UK.
This paper summarizes the motivations and results obtained regarding the optical distribution of a 60GHz radio signal throughout buildings to provide users with Ultra-Broad-Band Wireless Home Area Network with datarates
>1Gbps and continuous coverage.
OThO4 • 2:00 p.m. Link Performance Improved 16QAMOFDM 60-GHz Radio-over-Fiber System Employing Convolutional Codes, Wei Jian1,2, Cheng Liu2, Hung-Chang Chien2, Shu-Hao Fan2, Jianguo Yu3, Jianxin Wang3, Chongxiu Yu1, Ze Dong4,2, Jianjun Yu5, Gee-Kung Chang2; 1Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, China, 2Georgia Tech, USA, 3State Key Lab of Optical Communication Technologies Networks, China, 4Hunan Univ., China, 5NEC Labs America, Inc., USA.
We demonstrated the first transmission of 750-Mb/s 16QAM-OFDM signal over 1-km SMF-28 and 6-m air-link with 60-GHz ROF technology. The system improvement and low-power efficiency of RF transmitter are studied based on the convolutional code.
OThO5 • 2:15 p.m. Bidirectional 3.125 Gbps Downstream / 2 Gbps Upstream Impulse Radio Ultrawideband (UWB) over Combined Fiber and Wireless Link, Jesper Bevensee Jensen, Timothy B. Gibbon, Xianbin Yu, Roberto Rodes, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy; DTU Fotonik, Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark.
We demonstrate bidirectional fiber and wireless transmission of impulse radio ultrawideband at 3.125Gbps downstream and 2Gbps upstream. After transmission over 50km fiber and 1.85m wireless link both signals are recovered without errors.
OThO6 • 2:30 p.m. All-Optical Up-Conversion 10-Gb/s Signal in 60-GHz ROF System Using 2-m Bismuth Oxide-Based Fiber, Jianjun Yu1, Ze Dong2,3, Wei Jian2,4, Ming-Fang Huang1, Zhensheng Jia2, X. Xin4, Gee-Kung Chang2,Ting Wang1; 1NEC Labs America, Inc., USA, 2Georgia Tech, USA, 3Hunan Univ., China, 4Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, China.
All-optical up-conversion based on dual-pump four-wave mixing (FWM) in 2-m Bismuth Oxide-based fiber for 10-Gb/s OOK wireless signals in 60-GHz ROF systems has been experimentally demonstrated for the first time.
OThO7 • 2:45 p.m. Optical Generation and Wireless Transmission of 60 GHz OOK Signals Using Gain Switched Laser, Haymen Shams Eldin, Prince M. Anandarajah, Philip Perry, Liam Barry; Res. Inst. for Networks and Communications Engineering, Ireland.
We present a novel, simple and cost effective system for optical millimeter-wave generation and transmission of 3 Gbps data based on gain switching. System performance has been investigated, including wireless transmission
and power budget analysis.
OThU1 • 3:30 p.m. Invited Performance of Microwave-Photonic Links, Thomas E. Darcie, Jinye Zhang; Univ. of Victoria, Canada.
Progress in high-performance microwave-photonic links is reviewed. Although recent research has explored a wide variety of techniques, none has provided spur-free dynamic range approaching what may be achievable ultimately (~180 dB.Hz). Future directions are considered.
OThU2 • 4:00 p.m. 100Gbps EO Polymer Modulator Product and Its Characterization Using a Real-Time Digitizer, Jonathan Mallari1, Cailin Wei1, Danliang Jin1, Guomin Yu1, Anna Barklund1, Eric Miller1, Padraig O’Mathuna1, Raluca Dinu1, Ali Motafakker-Fard2, Bahram Jalali2; 1GigOptix, Inc., USA, 2Univ. of California at Los Angeles, USA.
First commercial 100Gbps EO polymer modulator and its use in time-stretch A/D converter to monitor the high frequency performance of the modulator and achieving 100GHz A/D conversion is shown.
OThU3 • 4:15 p.m. Low Phase Noise Laser Source Packaged in a Low Power Consumption Module for All Optical Sampling Applications, Alexandre Shen1, Sokha Chongkam2, Gérard Liger2, Juvelino Da Silva2, Stéphane Formont3; 1Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab, France, 2ERTE, France, 3Thales Airborne Systems, France.
Using low power consumption photonic modules containing a low timing jitter optical laser source and an optical gate, we demonstrated potential all-optical sampling of a radio signal carried at >5GHz with a 6 bits resolution.
OThU4 • 4:30 p.m. Resolution-Enhanced Ultrafast ADC Using Optical Multi-Period Transfer Functions of NOLMs, Yuji Miyoshi1, Seiki Takagi1, Shu Namiki2, Ken-ichi Kitayama1; 1Osaka Univ., Japan, 2AIST, Japan.
We propose a resolution enhancement scheme using optical input/output multi-period transfer functions of NOLMs for ultrafast low-resolution ADCs. This scheme can provide a resolution of 8.8 ENOB by combining 8-period transfer functions and 5-bit ADCs.
OThU5 • 4:45 p.m. Invited : High Frequency Photonic Analog-to-Digital Conversion Using Nonuniform Sampling, Michael L. Dennis, Patrick T. Callahan, Thomas R. Clark; Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab, USA.
We discuss recently developed techniques for photonic analog-to-digital conversion based on nonuniform sampling. We have experimentally validated this approach, demonstrating high resolution, alias-free signal reconstruction at carrier frequencies up to 20 GHz.