1. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Schematic diagram of OFDM mm-wave generation with DDMZM and SOA using twelvefold OFDM strategy; MZM=Mach–Zehnder Modulator; SOA=semiconductor optical amplifier; MUX=multiplexer; TOF=tunable filter; BSF=band stop filter; EA=electronic amplifier. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

2. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. The SOA output frequency distribution of the ND-FWM. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

3. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Simulations set up with the optical spectral at key points and received 4QAM modulated OFDM signal constellation. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

4. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. The EVM versus the received optical power for BTB, 20 and 40 km fiber transmission and the received constellation of the16QAM modulated OFDM signal. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

5. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. EVM & conversion efficiency versus the power ratio of the pump and probe light source. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

6. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. EVM &; conversion efficiency versus the optical confinement factor. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

7. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. EVM and the conversion efficiency versus the linewidth enhancement. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

8. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. EVM and the conversion efficiency versus the transparent carrier density Ntr in the SOA. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

9. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. The conversion efficiency between the up and low sideband, Fre is the central frequency of the probe light, FD represents the frequency detuning of the dual pump light; (a) the impact of the pump frequency and the frequency detuning of the copolarized pump light on the power difference of the LSB and USB; (b) the impact of the ratio of the pump light to probe light on the power difference, and (c) the impact of the bias current on the power difference. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

10. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. The EVM versus the bias current after 40 km transmission with three modulation formats. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001

11. Date of download: 5/28/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. The EVM versus the modulation index of the DDMZM for BTB and 40 km transmission with QPSK, 16QAM and 64QAM modulated OFDM signal. Figure Legend: From: Design and analysis of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing millimeter wave signal generation and distribution with dual driver Mach-Zehnder modulator and semiconductor optical amplifier Opt. Eng. 2012;51(3):035001-1-035001-8. doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.3.035001