Abstract

This article presents a theoretical and experimental analysis of the millimeter wave (mmW) signal gain observed in photonically generated signals by using carrier suppressed (CS) external modulation in a centralized network architecture while the data is transmitted over a directly modulated laser (DML) operating under different signal regimes. Measurements of the frequency response under small and large signal regimes are presented for the sake of comparison. Moreover, the mmW signal gain has been measured for different standard single mode fiber (SSMF) lengths in order to identify the conditions and impact of large signal regime operation. The results are also validated by the experimental transmission of a 25 MHz QPSK signal transmitted over 40 GHz since the error-vector-magnitude (EVM) is measured for different input electrical power values as well as several received optical power (RoP) levels. Moreover, the spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) ratio is measured to compare the third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) between small and large signal regime. The quantitative results demonstrate that proper system conditions allow the exploitation of the mmW signal gain towards the future deployment of high energy efficient networks.

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