Title :
Photonic RF-receiver based on all-optical down-conversion in an optomechanical oscillator
Author :
Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution :
T. J. Watson Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
We present a photonic RF down-converter based on optomechanical oscillation in a silica microtoroid. Preliminary results show that the optomechanical oscillator can simultaneously serve as mixer and local oscillator in photonic RF-receiver architectures.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; micro-optomechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; RF-over-fiber communication systems; all-optical down-conversion; optomechanical oscillator; passive optical devices; photonic RF down-converter; photonic radio receiver architectures; silica microtoroid; Baseband; Local oscillators; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical resonators; RF signals; Radio frequency; (230.1150) All-optical devices; (230.4320) Nonlinear optical devices; (230.4910) Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
