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Abstract
Broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) light sources are recognized for their cost-effective generation. However, their inherent high-intensity noise and the stringent requirement for time delay matching limits their widespread application in coherent optical telecommunication. Here we propose a broadband ASE source-enabled digital–analog radio-over-fiber (DA-RoF) mobile fronthaul architecture, leveraging semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and multicore fiber in tandem. Our proposed system uses SOAs to suppress the intensity noise of the ASE carrier and transmits the DA-RoF signal alongside an unmodulated carrier through distinct cores of an 8-core, 1-km fiber. This setup significantly enhances the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) by 19.4 dB, boosts capacity, and enables self-homodyne detection at the receiver end. We achieve an aggregated bandwidth of 35 GHz (7 cores × 5 GHz), supporting a 2.05-Tb/s CPRI-equivalent data rate with 1024-ary quadrature-amplitude-modulated (1024-QAM) signals. Additionally, we analyze the impact of chromatic dispersion on signal-to-noise ratio for broadband source coherent detection systems. This innovative scheme offers a pragmatic solution for integrating low-cost broadband sources into cost-sensitive fronthaul systems, providing both high capacity and fidelity in massive deployment scenarios.
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