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Optica Publishing Group
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Vol. 27,
  • Issue 13,
  • pp. 2370-2378
  • (2009)

Optical Modulator Optimization for Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing

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Abstract

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) has a high peak-to-average ratio (PAR), which can result in low optical power efficiency when modulated through a Mach–Zehnder (MZ) modulator. In addition, the nonlinear characteristic of the MZ can cause significant distortion on the OFDM signal, leading to in-band intermodulation products between subcarriers. We show that a quadrature MZ with digital predistortion and hard clipping is able to overcome the previous impairments. We consider quantization noise and compute the minimum number of bits required in the digital-to-analog converter (D/A). Finally, we discuss a dual-drive MZ as a simpler alternative for the OFDM modulator, but our results show that it requires a higher oversampling ratio to achieve the same performance as the quadrature MZ.

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