Title :
Ultra-wideband gain in microwave photonic links using four-wave mixing
Author :
Wall, Walter S. ; Foster, Mark A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We propose and investigate partially-degenerate four-wave mixing as an efficient and ultrahigh-bandwidth method for improving the microwave gain of analog fiber optic links. A flat 9-dB gain is experimentally demonstrated over an ultra-wideband of 14GHz.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; multiwave mixing; radio-over-fibre; ultra wideband technology; analog fiber optic links; frequency 14 GHz; microwave photonic links; partially-degenerate four-wave mixing; ultrawideband gain; Gain; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
