Nonlinearity and noise effects in multi-level signal millimeter-wave over fiber transmission using single and dual wavelength modulation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 11 PART 2, 2010, Pages 3189-3198

  James, Jeanne ^a   Shen, Pengbo ^a   Nkansah, Anthony ^a   Liang, Xing ^a   Gomes, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DWDM thin film filter; millimeter wave over fiber system; optical phase modulator

Indexed keywords

802.11G; AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; DATA TRANSMISSION; DUAL WAVELENGTH; ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE; FIBER SYSTEMS; FIBER TRANSMISSIONS; IEEE 802.16; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; MULTI-LEVEL; MULTILEVEL QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; NOISE EFFECTS; NOISE SOURCE; NON-LINEARITY; OPTICAL PHASE MODULATOR; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; RF AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE CARRIER; THIN FILM FILTERS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PHASE MODULATION; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; THIN FILMS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 78449304762     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2076650     Document Type: Article

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