A Bidirectional Fiber-Wireless and Fiber-IVLLC Convergence System with a Dual-Polarization Modulation Scheme and an MZM-OEO-Based BLS

Abstract

A bidirectional fiber-wireless and fiber-invisible laser light communication (IVLLC) convergence system that adopts a dual-polarization modulation scheme and a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM)-optoelectronic oscillator (OEO)-based broadband light source (BLS) for hybrid cable television (CATV)/microwave (MW)/millimeter-wave (MMW)/baseband signal transmission is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The MZM employed in the MZM-OEO is operated at the minimum transmission point, which results in the format of optical carrier suppression for the y-axis component of the light. Using a dual-polarization modulation scheme, the optical carrier modulated with CATV signal (x-polarization) and the optical sidebands modulated with MW and MMW data signals ( y-polarization) are separated and polarized orthogonally automatically. Through an in-depth observation, good carrier-to-noise ratio, composite second-order, composite triple-beat, and bit error rate performances are obtained over a 40-km single-mode fiber and a 10-m RF/100-m optical wireless transport. Such a bidirectional fiber-wireless and fiber-IVLLC convergence system is a notable option; it would be attractive for providing broadband heterogeneous services such as CATV, Internet, and big data services.

Keywords

• Dual-polarization modulation
• fiber-invisible laser light communication (IVLLC) convergence
• fiber-wireless convergence
• Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM)-optoelectronic oscillator (OEO).