Title : 
Intermodulation and harmonic distortion in Slow Light SOA based Microwave Photonic phase shifters
         
        
            Author : 
Gasulla, Ivana ; Sancho, Juan ; Capmany, José ; Lloret, Juan ; Sales, Salvador
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We theoretically and experimentally evaluate the harmonic and intermodulation distortion in a SFL phase shifter which comprises an EOM, a SOA under CPO regime and an optical filter.
         
        
            Keywords : 
harmonic distortion; intermodulation distortion; microwave phase shifters; microwave photonics; optical filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; CPO; EOM; SFL phase shifter; harmonic distortion; intermodulation distortion; microwave photonic phase shifter; optical filter; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light SOA; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave filters; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Phase shifters; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Los Angeles, CA
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-0213-6