Design of a new optical impulse radio system for ultra-wideband wireless communications

Wen Piao Lin*, Yuan Ching Chen

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Abstract

This study presents a novel optical impulse radio (IR) system for generating Gaussian monocycle pulses for ultrawide-band (UWB) radio-over-fiber communications. The proposed system consists of a gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode, tunable filter, Er 3+ -doped fiber amplifier and a microwave differentiator. This new optical technique can tolerate pulse dispersion and avoid the generation of intersymbol interference (ISI) due to its easily adjustable optical pulse width, and can perform better radio communication in terms of generating the UWB signal. Simulated results indicate that the generated Gaussian pulse signal can provide a bandwidth of several gigahertz for the high-bit-rate transmissions. Moreover, experimental and analytical results demonstrate that the proposed system can generate high-quality Gaussian pulse trains for applying future high-bit-rate UWB wireless communications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1668132
Pages (from-to)882-887
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume12
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 07 2006

Keywords

  • Gaussian monocycle pulse
  • Intersymbol interference (ISI)
  • Microwave differentiator
  • Radio-over-fiber
  • Ultrawideband (UWB)

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