Title :
Phase-stable heterodyne detection using coherent orthogonal light-waves
Author :
Jianyu Zheng ; Jianguo Liu ; Ninghua Zhu ; Gee-Kung Chang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A microwave photonic technique of phase-stable heterodyne detection is proposed and demonstrated, which can be used in optical fiber communication system for simplifying the receiver structure and improving the link reliability.
Keywords :
heterodyne detection; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical links; optical receivers; coherent orthogonal light waves; link reliability; microwave photonic technique; optical fiber communication system; phase-stable heterodyne detection; receiver structure; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2473-8
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2014.6999445
