A 60-GHz RoF system in WDM-PON with reduced number of modulators and low-cost electronics

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple and cost-effective scheme to converge a 60-GHz radio-over-fiber (RoF) system with a wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network (WDN-PON) system. Only 10-GHz electronic devices are used to generate a 60-GHz RoF signal based on frequency-sextupling technology. For n-channel WDN-PON and RoF converged system, only n+1 modulators are required.

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