Title :
Impact of semiconductor optical amplifiers in coherent down-conversion microwave photonic links
Author :
Yegnanarayanan, S. ; Johnson, L.M. ; Swint, R.B. ; Plant, J.J. ; Juodawlkis, P.W.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We compare the impact of conventional semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and high-linearity slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers (SCOWAs) on the SFDR of carrier-suppressed coherent down-conversion microwave photonic links.
Keywords :
light coherence; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SCOWA; SFDR; SOA; carrier suppression; coherent down-conversion; microwave photonic links; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
