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A Q-band radio-over-fiber system for distribution of uncompressed high-definition video signals

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A Q-band radio-over-fiber (RoF) system for transmission of uncompressed high-definition (HD) video signals is proposed and demonstrated. Three key photonic technologies are employed, i.e., the dispersion compensation based on a polarization modulator and a polarizer in the transmitter, the RF carrier extraction based on injection-locked optoelectronic oscillator and the frequency downconversion based on cascaded external modulations in the receiver. A proof-of-concept experiment is carried out. Results show that the proposed system supports 20-km wired and 0.5-m wireless distribution of uncompressed HD video signal. The cooperation of two antennas is also demonstrated, which provides a preliminary demonstration of intelligent RoF system.

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This work was supported in part by the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB315705), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61422108, 61527820) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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Tang, Z., Pan, S. A Q-band radio-over-fiber system for distribution of uncompressed high-definition video signals. Photon Netw Commun 32, 179–187 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11107-016-0617-4

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