Conference Proceedings
Experimental demonstration of a heterodyned radio-over-fiber system using unlocked light sources and RF homodyning at the receiver
AHMR Islam, M Bakaul, A Nirmalathas, L Mehedy, G Town
Technical Digest 15th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference Oecc2010 | IEICE-INST ELECTRONICS INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS | Published : 2010
Abstract
A simplified millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber system is demonstrated experimentally by heterodyning unlocked light sources and homodyning the RF signal at the receiver. The technique avoids phase/frequency locking, high-speed modulators and local oscillators at CO and BSs.