100 GHz ultra-wideband (UWB) fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) system for in-building and in-home networks

C W Chow; F M Kuo; J W Shi; C H Yeh; Y F Wu; C H Wang; Y T Li; C L Pan

doi:10.1364/OE.18.000473

100 GHz ultra-wideband (UWB) fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) system for in-building and in-home networks

Opt Express. 2010 Jan 18;18(2):473-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.000473.

Authors

C W Chow¹, F M Kuo, J W Shi, C H Yeh, Y F Wu, C H Wang, Y T Li, C L Pan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

PMID: 20173867
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000473

Abstract

Fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) system can be a cost-effective technique for distributing high frequency signals from the head-end office to a number of remote antenna units via passive optical splitter and propagating through low-loss and low-cost optical fibers. Here, we experimentally demonstrate an optical ultra-wideband (UWB) - impulse radio (IR) FTTA system for in-building and in-home applications. The optical UWB-IR wireless link is operated in the W-band (75 GHz - 110 GHz) using our developed near-ballistic unitraveling-carrier photodiode based photonic transmitter (PT) and a 10 GHz mode-locked laser. 2.5 Gb/s UWB-IR FTTA systems with 1,024 high split-ratio and transmission over 300 m optical fiber are demonstrated using direct PT modulation.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computer Communication Networks / instrumentation*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Microwaves
Optical Fibers*
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
Telecommunications / instrumentation*
Transducers*