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A millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber system for overcoming fiber dispersion-induced signal cancellation effect

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Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) radio over fiber (ROF) using dispersive single-mode fiber is susceptible to signal cancellation effect at the output of the uni-travelling carrier photodiode at the base station (BS). The fiber dispersion effect produces different phase shifts of the sidebands of the intensity-modulated lightwave which can produce a cancellation of the output signal when mixed with the optical carrier. In this paper, we propose and analyze a novel scheme of mm-wave ROF which uses microwave modulation at the central station (CS) and frequency upconversion before the BSs. This scheme can overcome fiber dispersion-induced signal cancellation effect.

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  1. Department of Physics, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, 731235, India

    Taraprasad Chattopadhyay

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Chattopadhyay, T. A millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber system for overcoming fiber dispersion-induced signal cancellation effect. Optoelectron. Lett. 8, 293–296 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-012-1200-6

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