An optical OFDM multiplexer and 16 x 10 Gb/s OOFDM system using serrodyne optical frequency translation based on LiNbO3 phase modulator

作者：Li, Wei^*; Shao, Jing; Liang, Xiaojun; Li, Yuan; Huang, Benxiong; Liu, Deming

来源：Optics Communications, 2011, 284(16-17): 3970-3976.

DOI：10.1016/j.optcom.2011.04.016

• Optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
• Multiplexer
• LiNbO3 waveguide
• Electrical sawtooth waveform
• Serrodyne optical frequency translation

This paper proposes an all-optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) multiplexer based on sawtooth wave driving LiNbO3 phase modulators by using serrodyne optical frequency translation. This multiplexer has high integration ability. The designing concept and implementation method have been discussed. A 16 x 10 Gb/s optical OFDM system is designed based on this multiplexer. Transmission characteristics, including tolerances of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and nonlinear impairments have been studied numerically. Simulations show that the PMD tolerance is about 42 ps. The spectral efficiency reaches 1 bit/s/Hz with binary modulation format.

• 出版日期2011-8-1
• 单位华中师范大学; 华中科技大学