Bidirectional Radio-Over-Fiber System With Phase-Modulation Downlink and RF Oscillator-Free Uplink Using a Reflective SOA

Xianbin Yu; Timothy Braidwood Gibbon; Idelfonso Tafur Monroy

doi:10.1109/LPT.2008.2009947

Bidirectional Radio-Over-Fiber System With Phase-Modulation Downlink and RF Oscillator-Free Uplink Using a Reflective SOA

Xianbin Yu
, Timothy Braidwood Gibbon
, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy

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We propose and demonstrate a bidirectional radio-over-fiber (RoF) system based on a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA). In this system, phase-modulated 5.25-GHz radio frequency (RF) carrying 850 Mb/s is used for the downstream signal. Optical envelope detection of 10-GHz RF carrying 850 Mb/s is achieved in an RSOA. Both signals share a single fiber link and the same light source by exploiting optical carrier remodulaiton. Moreover, there is no need to employ RF down-conversion technology for RoF uplink. This makes the proposed system simpler and more cost-effective. The experimental results indicate that after simultaneous transmission of downstream and upstream signals over 25-km fiber, the receiver sensitivities are -22 and -14.5 dBm, respectively.

Original language	English
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	20
Issue number	24
Pages (from-to)	2180-2182
ISSN	1041-1135
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2008.2009947
Publication status	Published - 2008

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