Title :
Noise reduction by balanced detection in microwave photonic filters based on optical broadband sources
Author :
Xue, Xiaoxiao ; Zheng, Xiaoping ; Zhang, Hanyi ; Zhou, Bingkun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We propose a microwave photonic filter based on optical broadband source, of which the optical intensity noise is significantly suppressed through polarization-based balanced detection. The signal-to-noise ratio was increased by 15dB experimentally.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical filters; balanced detection; microwave photonic filters; noise reduction; optical broadband sources; optical intensity noise; Microwave filters; Noise; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
