Title :
Performance metrics evaluation of cascaded SOA based slow light microwave photonic phase shifters
Author :
Lloret, Juan ; Sancho, Juan ; Gasulla, Ivana ; Sales, Salvador ; Capmany, José
Author_Institution :
ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
We experimentally evaluate the performance of slow light microwave photonic phase shifters based on cascaded SOAs in the context of several figures of merit. Attention is focused on the assessment of the RF net gain, noise figure and nonlinear distortion. Finally, recommendations on the performance optimization of this sort of approaches are detailed.
Keywords :
distortion; microwave phase shifters; microwave photonics; semiconductor optical amplifiers; RF net gain; cascaded SOA; noise figure; nonlinear distortion; performance metrics evaluation; performance optimization; slow light microwave photonic phase shifters; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; figures of merit; microwave photonics; phase shifter; semiconductor optical amplifier; slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2011 International Topical Meeting on & Microwave Photonics Conference, 2011 Asia-Pacific, MWP/APMP
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-716-0
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2011.6088764
