Bidirectional radio-over-fiber link employing optical frequency multiplication

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 241-243

  Garcia Larrode M ^a,b   Koonen, A M J ^a,b   Vegas Olmos, J J ^a,b   Ng'oma, A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broad band wireless access; Optical fiber communications; Radio over fiber (RoF) systems

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND WIRELESS ACCESS; INTENSITY MODULATION; LOCAL OSCILLATOR (LO) GENERATION; OPTICAL DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION; RADIO-OVER-FIBER (ROF) SYSTEMS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIO SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 33845631760     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.862011     Document Type: Article

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