All-optical subcarrier frequency conversion using an electrooptic phase modulator

Author

Yao, Jianping ; Maury, Ghislaine ; Guennec, Yannis Le ; Cabon, Beatrice

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Univ. of Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

17

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2427

Lastpage

2429

Abstract

All-optical subcarrier frequency conversion using an electrooptic phase modulator in a radio-over-fiber link is proposed and demonstrated. The frequency mixing is implemented by an electrooptic phase modulator, to which a local oscillator frequency is applied. The phase modulation to intensity modulation conversion is realized by using a length of single-mode fiber, which serves as a dispersive device. A subcarrier frequency conversion from 3 to 11.5 GHz performed over a 25-km radio-over-fiber link is experimentally demonstrated.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; intensity modulation; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical frequency conversion; phase modulation; 11.5 GHz; 25 km; 3 GHz; all-optical subcarrier frequency conversion; electrooptic phase modulator; frequency mixing; intensity modulation; local oscillator frequency; radio-over-fiber link; Diode lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Local oscillators; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical sensors; Phase modulation; All-optical microwave mixing; chromatic dispersion; electrooptic phase modulation (PM); radio-over-fiber; single-mode fiber (SMF); subcarrier frequency conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.857237

Filename

1522342