title: 100 GHz ultra-wideband (UWB) fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) system for in-building and in-home networks.
abstract: Fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) system can be a cost-effective technique for distributing high frequency signals from the head-end office to a number of remote antenna units via passive optical splitter and propagating through low-loss and low-cost optical fibers. Here, we experimentally demonstrate an optical ultra-wideband (UWB) - impulse radio (IR) FTTA system for in-building and in-home applications. The optical UWB-IR wireless link is operated in the W-band (75 GHz - 110 GHz) using our developed near-ballistic unitraveling-carrier photodiode based photonic transmitter (PT) and a 10 GHz mode-locked laser. 2.5 Gb/s UWB-IR FTTA systems with 1,024 high split-ratio and transmission over 300 m optical fiber are demonstrated using direct PT modulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008872:Microwaves; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers