Title :
RF down-conversion based on optically injection-locked VCSEL
Author :
Peng Guo ; Cheng Zhang ; Weijian Yang ; Parekh, Devang ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J. ; Weiwei Hu ; Xu, Aixia ; Zhangyuan Chen
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
All-optical frequency down-conversion of microwave signals is proposed by directly modulated optically injection-locked VCSEL. Two tone 5 GHz RF signals are down-converted to 100 MHz IF signals with 0.0 dB OIL RF down-conversion gain.
Keywords :
optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; surface emitting lasers; OIL-VCSEL; RF down-conversion gain; all-optical frequency down-conversion; frequency 100 MHz; frequency 5 GHz; optical injection locking; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
