Optical OFDM: A promising high-speed optical transport technology

Bell Labs Technical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-146

  Buchali, Fred ^a   Dischler, Roman ^b   Liu, Xiang ^c,d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CDMA   (Germany)

^c Institute of Physics   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

40 GB/S; ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CARTESIANS; COHERENT DETECTION; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DATA RATES; DATA-COMMUNICATION; DETECTION TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATION; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH-SPEED; INFORMATION RATES; INVERSE FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL MODULATION; OPTICAL OFDM; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM CONDITIONS;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; LIGHT MODULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 66749145560     PISSN: 10897089     EISSN: 15387305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bltj.20358     Document Type: Article

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