Title :
Generation of wideband radio frequency signals carrying orbital angular momentum based on microwave photonics phase shifter
Author :
Fengkai Bian ; Shangyuan Li ; Yunlong Song ; Yu Qi ; Xinlu Gao ; Xiaoping Zheng ; Hanyi Zhang ; Bingkun Zhou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel way to generate the wideband radio frequency (RF) signals carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) by phase shifting using optical spectrum processor is proposed. Stable RF-OAM signals with topological charge l = ±1 have been generated.
Keywords :
angular momentum; microwave photonics; optical information processing; optical phase shifters; microwave photonics phase shifter; optical spectrum processor; orbital angular momentum; phase shifting; stable RF-OAM signals; topological charge; wideband radio frequency signal generation; Amplitude modulation; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; RF signals; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
