Calculation of receiver sensitivities in (orthogonal) subcarrier multiplexing microwave-optical links

Fernando A. Gutiérrez; Eamonn P. Martin; Philip Perry; Andrew D. Ellis; Liam P. Barry

doi:10.3390/app7020184

Calculation of receiver sensitivities in (orthogonal) subcarrier multiplexing microwave-optical links

Fernando A. Gutiérrez, Eamonn P. Martin, Philip Perry, Andrew D. Ellis, Liam P. Barry

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Microwave-based all-analogue (orthogonal) subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) permits a direct processing of baseband data at Gbit/s while achieving low power consumption, low latency, low cost, and tolerance to dispersion. A key figure of merit in any SCM link is the sensitivity in the receiver, which depends on the transmitter, the link and the receiver. By analysing the impact of the nonlinearities of an optical IQ modulator in the presence of optical noise, sensitivities are mathematically estimated as a function of the optical modulation index (OMI) at the transmitter. The results are verified with simulations achieving a good agreement with the mathematical model. The theoretical model provided can be employed as a tool to predict the best achievable sensitivities and the optimum OMI in broadband SCM and orthogonal SCM links.

Original language	English
Article number	184
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app7020184
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 15 Feb 2017

Keywords

Direct detection
Optical IQ modulator
Orthogonal subcarrier multiplexing
Subcarrier multiplexing

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