Title :
Photonic microwave up-conversion using optoelectronic oscillator based on polarisation modulator
Author :
Pei Zhou ; Zhenzhou Tang ; Shilong Pan ; Shuhong Cai ; Dan Zhu ; De Ben
Author_Institution :
Microwave Photonics Res. Lab., Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
An optical up-conversion scheme using an optoelectronic oscillator based on a polarisation modulator is proposed and demonstrated. A baseband signal with a bandwidth as large as 5 or 10 GHz is successfully up-converted to a 10 or 20 GHz carrier without any replacement of the devices in the scheme. The conversion loss is independent of the wavelength of the laser source. The stability of the operation is also investigated.
Keywords :
light polarisation; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical modulation; oscillators; radio-over-fibre; conversion loss; frequency 5 GHz to 20 GHz; laser source; optical up-conversion; optoelectronic oscillator; photonic microwave up-conversion; polarisation modulator; stability;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.3269
