BROAD-BAND MILLIMETER-WAVE (38 GHZ) FIBER-WIRELESS TRANSMISSION-SYSTEM USING ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SSB MODULATION TO OVERCOME DISPERSION EFFECTS

A spectrally efficient millimeter-wave (mm-wave) fiber-wireless transm ission system is presented demonstrating downstream transportation of 155-Mb/s BPSK data at 38 GHz over 50 km of standard single-mode fiber and a 5-m wireless link. The effect of fiber chromatic dispersion on t he transmission of the mm-wave optical carrier was overcome by using a single dual-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator to generate optical sing le-sideband (SSB) modulation with carrier. We also demonstrate a simpl e technique for obtaining electrical SSB that will allow the effect of fiber dispersion across the bandwidth of the information to be overco me with simple electrical delay equalization. We predict that this fib er-wireless system could permit the transportation of mm-wave signals with large bit rates over long optical fiber distances.