Gonzalez Guerrero, Luis;
(2019)
Techniques for phase noise mitigation in photonic THz wireless systems.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
Wireless communications at THz frequencies are considered a solution to overcome the spectrum congestion at lower radio frequencies. Photomixing two free-running lasers in an ultra-fast photodiode is an attractive technique for THz generation for its seamless integration with optical networks. However, the THz signal generated with this method can suffer from high phase noise. In the first part of the thesis, the envelope detection of THz single sideband (SSB)-with carrier signals is proposed as the mean to combat such phase noise. Using an ideal envelope detector (ED) at the THz receiver, no significant phase noise penalty is observed in a system operating at 250 GHz and for combined linewidths of up to 1 MHz. The use of interference cancellation algorithms is then proposed as a mean to increase the bandwidth efficiency of the proposed system. Using the Kramers-Kronig algorithm, an efficiency improvement of 38% is achieved with respect to the the case without this algorithm. Next, the performance of three different techniques for generating THz SSB signals is analyzed through numerical simulations and end-to-end implementation of each of them is experimentally demonstrated. According to the simulation, the technique giving better performance is also the one requiring lower analog bandwidth on the transmitter arbitrary waveform generator. This, however, comes at the expense of an increased analog complexity. The second part of this thesis focuses on wireless bridges. To mitigate the phase noise associated with the high number of free-running lasers that form this type of link, the pilot tone-assisted technique is proposed. The wireless bridge is demonstrated in several scenarios: single channel transmission, wavelength division multiplexing network and multiple user support. The last part of this chapter discusses the configuration and DSP to achieve a 40 Gbit/s wireless bridge.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Techniques for phase noise mitigation in photonic THz wireless systems |
| Event: | UCL |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2019. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices 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/10080416 |
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