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A millimeter-wave WDM-ROF system based on supercontinuum technique

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In this paper, a new millimeter-wave (mm-wave) wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system based on radio-over-fiber (ROF) technology is proposed. In this approach a multi-wavelength light source is obtained by supercontinuum (SC) technique, and mm-wave signals are obtained by using optical heterodyning method. We experimentally demonstrate the generation of optical carriers for 6-WDM channels, obtain 40 GHz mm-wave signals by employing optical heterodyne technique, and successfully achieve low error rate transmission of 2.5 Gbit/s in WDM channels over a distance of 25 km in a G.652 fiber. The experimental results verify that the proposed solution is feasible and cost effective.

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  1. School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Quan-xin Yuan  (原全新), Xiao-li Yin  (尹宵丽), Xiang-jun Xin  (忻向军), Yu-lu Chen  (陈雨露) & Bo Liu  (刘博)

  2. State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Chong-xiu Yu  (余重秀)

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This work has been supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.2009RC0314), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.60932004, 61077050 and 61077014), the National Basic Research Program of China (No.2010CB328300), and the Open Foundation of State Key laboratory of Optical Communication Technologies and Networks (WRI) (No.2010OCTN-02).

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Yuan, Qx., Yin, Xl., Xin, Xj. et al. A millimeter-wave WDM-ROF system based on supercontinuum technique. Optoelectron. Lett. 7, 440–442 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-011-1081-0

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