37-GHZ FIBER-WIRELESS SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION OF BROAD-BAND SIGNALS

We present a millimeter (mm)-wave fiber-wireless system suitable for t he transport and distribution of broad-band signals, We show transmiss ion over fiber and wireless distribution of subcarrier multiplexed amp litude-modulation vestigial-sideband (AM-VSB) video and a digital data stream at 37 GHz using optical carriers generated by a hybrid mode-lo cked laser (HMLL), We also present a simple model to characterize the effect of fiber chromatic dispersion on the transport of millimeterwav e (mm-wave) modulated signals over fiber, and calculations show that b y using an HMLL, broad-band signals can he transported successfully ov er fiber lengths greater than 150 km using subcarrier frequencies <1 G Hz and more than 50 km for subcarrier frequencies <3 GHz.