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Simple 60-GHz MB-OFDM ultrawideband RoF system based on remote heterodyning

Omomukuyo, O; Thakur, MP; Mitchell, JE; (2013) Simple 60-GHz MB-OFDM ultrawideband RoF system based on remote heterodyning. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters , 25 (3) 268 - 271. 10.1109/LPT.2012.2234735. Green open access

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Abstract

A simple 60-GHz radio-over-fiber system employing a combination of uncorrelated optical heterodyning and envelope detection is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. At the central office, a multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing ultrawideband (MB-OFDM UWB) signal is used for the external modulation of a dual-arm Mach-Zehnder Modulator to generate an optical signal-sideband signal, which is then coupled with an unmodulated free-running continuous wave laser. Optical heterodyne mixing at the base station and envelope detection at the customer unit are utilized. The experimental results confirm that photonic millimeter-wave signal generation and detection can be achieved without the need for complex optical phase-locked loops and high-frequency microwave sources. As a proof of concept, successful transmission of a 3.84 Gb/s 16-QAM MB-OFDM UWB signal over 48-km standard single-mode fiber without chromatic dispersion compensation and a further 4-m wireless channel is experimentally demonstrated.

Type: Article
Title: Simple 60-GHz MB-OFDM ultrawideband RoF system based on remote heterodyning
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2234735
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1109/LPT.2012.2234735
Language: English
Additional information: © 2013 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1381970
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