Title :
All-optical microwave mixing and bandpass filtering based on phase modulation of a broadband optical source
Author :
Xue, Xiaoxiao ; Zheng, Xiaoping ; Zhang, Hanyi ; Zhou, Bingkun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We propose a novel photonic microwave mixer with high rejection of undesired idler frequencies. Idler-free fundamental and harmonic up-conversions are demonstrated, and the conversion efficiency is investigated experimentally.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; microwave mixers; microwave photonics; optical harmonic generation; phase modulation; all-optical microwave mixing; band-pass filtering; broadband optical source; harmonic upconversion; idler free fundamental; phase modulation; photonic microwave mixer; undesired idler frequency; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
