Simple Multi-Gbps 60 GHz Radio-over-Fiber Links Employing Optical and Electrical Data Up-conversion and Feed-Forward Equalization

Abstract

We show that optical up-conversion performs better than electrical up-conversion in simple IMDD-based 60GHz radio-over-fiber links. Feed-forward equalization improved the performances of both systems, enabling error-free transmission of 4 Gbps over 500m of single-mode fiber. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America