Integrated optical modulator for signal up-conversion over radio-on-fiber link

Structural and Optical Properties of Nanophotonic LiNbO3 under Stirrer Time Effect

Lithium niobate (LiNbO3) nanostructures are synthesized on n-silicon substrate by spin coating technique with stirrer times; 8 h, 24 h and 48 h. LiNbO3 is characterized and analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-visible and Photoluminescence (PL). The measurements show that as stirrer time increases, the structures start to crystallize to become more regular distribution, which helps to apply in optical waveguides. In addition, the calculated refractive index and optical dielectric constant are in agreement with experimental data.

OFDM modulated WDM-ROF system based on PCF-Supercontinuum

We have proposed a novel orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulated WDM radio over fiber (ROF) system by employing a single photonic crystal fiber (PCF) supercontinuum (SC) multi-wavelength lightwave source. Both wired and wireless applications of ROF access are achieved. In our experiment, we pick out four 40-GHz ROF channels by properly designed fiber Bragg grating (FBG). The 1-Gb/s 16QAM-OFDM downstream signal is demonstrated for both wired and wireless applications over 20-km standard single mode fiber (SMF). A 1-Gb/s OOK upstream signal is also transmitted over 20-km SMF successfully with less than 0.4dB power penalty.