Transmission of Gb/s DPSK millimeter-wave wireless data over fiber using low-cost uncooled devices with remote 40-GHz local oscillator delivery

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3490-3496

  Ismail, Tabassam ^a   Liu, Chin Pang ^a   Mitchell, John E ^a   Seeds, Alwyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coarse wavelength division multiplexing; Local oscillator; Millimeter wave over fiber; Optical communication; Uncooled lasers

Indexed keywords

LASERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONICS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BROADBAND WIRELESS SIGNALS; COARSE-WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DATA SIGNALS; DIRECTLY MODULATED LASERS; ERROR-FREE TRANSMISSIONS; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCIES; LOCAL OSCILLATOR; LOCAL OSCILLATOR SIGNALS; LOW COSTS; LOW-COST SOLUTIONS; MILLIMETER-WAVE; SIMULATION RESULTS; SYSTEM LINKS; UNCOOLED; UNCOOLED DEVICES; UNCOOLED LASERS; WIRELESS DATUM;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 60949099344     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.917086     Document Type: Article

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