Title :
Microwave photonic vector modulator
Author :
Leven, Andreas ; Koc, Ut-Va ; Tu, Kun-Yii ; Baeyens, Yves ; Chen, Y.K.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We propose a broadband microwave vector modulator for symbol rates in the order of multiple Gigabit/sec, and higher. Optical phase shifters and delay lines are used to change amplitude and phase of an optical subcarrier signal.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical delay lines; optical modulation; optical phase shifters; phase modulation; broadband microwave photonic vector modulator; optical delay lines; optical phase shifters; optical subcarrier signal amplitude change; optical subcarrier signal phase change; symbol rates; Amplitude modulation; Delay lines; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation; Phase shifters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253111
