Application of phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating in single sideband transmission–based radio-over-fiber system

Abstract. We propose a prototype for single-sideband (SSB) transmission based radio-over-fiber system by employing a phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating. The grating has different transmission spectrum characteristics with different phase-shift magnitudes. Then, it is used in a millimeter-wave (mm-wave) SSB modulation scheme. In the scheme, only one PS-FBG is used to realize the following functions: first, the conversion from optical dual-sideband to optical single-sideband with carrier reduction modulation can be easily achieved and second, the optical carrier-to-sideband ratio (OCSR) can be eliminated completely. In our work, the OCSR can be reduced from 33.95 dB to the optimum 0 dB and a 60 GHz mm-wave can be detected after photodiode.

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