Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 5, Issue 2, 187(2012)
Simplified adaptively modulated optical OFDM modems using subcarrier modulation with added input/output reconfigurability
Three novel designs of adaptively modulated optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modems using subcarrier modulation (AMOOFDM-SCM) are proposed, for the first time, each of which requires a single inverse fast Fourier transform/fast Fourier transform (IFFT/FFT) operation. These designs not only significantly simplify the AMOOFDM-SCM modem configurations, but also offer extra unique network features such as input/output reconfigurability. Investigations show that these three modems are capable of supporting more than 60 Gb/s AMOOFDM-SCM signal transmission over 20, 40 and 60 km single mode fibre (SMF)-based intensity modulation and direct detection (IMDD) transmission links without optical amplification and chromatic dispersion compensation.
Get Citation
Copy Citation Text
Xing ZHENG, Jinlong WEI, Roger Philip GIDDINGS, Jianming TANG. Simplified adaptively modulated optical OFDM modems using subcarrier modulation with added input/output reconfigurability[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2012, 5(2): 187
Received: Nov. 28, 2011
Accepted: Dec. 8, 2011
Published Online: Feb. 23, 2013
The Author Email: TANG Jianming (j.tang@bangor.ac.uk)