Title
Error Vector Magnitude Evaluation Of Terahertz Transmitter Employing Optical Frequency Comb
Abstract
Terahertz (THz) band is an attractive candidate for future broadband (> 10 Gb/s) wireless backhaul and fronthaul. THz transmitter employing optical frequency comb can provide high quality THz carrier, and is useful to the future broadband THz communication systems based on coherent transmission technique. To realize coherent transmission, high quality carrier generation is essential and it is important to evaluate the signal quality of a THz transmitter. In this paper, we derive error vector magnitude (EVM) including optical impairments (optical amplifier noise, laser phase noise, optical crosstalk and IQ imbalance of optical modulator) of the optical frequency comb based transmitter. The calculated EVM is in good agreement with simulated one, and practical requirements for optical impairment are indicated. The analysis will be useful in the design of THz transmission systems employing an optical frequency comb.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1587/transele.E98.C.799
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
terahertz transmission, optical frequency comb, error vector magnitude
Transmitter,Optical frequency comb,Comb generator,Vector signal analyzer,Optics,Electronic engineering,Error vector magnitude,Terahertz radiation,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
E98C
8
1745-1353
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shigeru Kuwano1113.72
Daisuke Iida200.68
Jun Terada3165.99
akihiro otaka41013.67
Naoto Yoshimoto59121.53
Shintaro Hisatake6134.30
tadao nagatsuma73721.34