Generalized study of dispersion-induced power penalty mitigation techniques in millimeter-wave fiber-optic links

The authors present a comprehensive analysis of the chromatic dispersion ef fects in harmonic upconverted millimeter-wave (mm-wave) fiber-optic links, The optical upconversion is performed through a photonic mixer based on a M ach-Zehnder electrooptical modulator. It is shown that by biasing the elect rooptical modulator either at the maximum or at the minimum transmission bi as points, the dispersion-induced power penalty effect on the upconverted s ignal may be sharply mitigated, which results in increasing the frequency-l ength product of the fiber-optic link, Experimental results are provided fo r the three different types of bias.