Title :
An all-optical frequency down-converter based on four- wave-mixing in a highly nonlinear fiber for radio-over-fiber systems
Author :
Gao, Ying ; Gao, Shiming ; Fu, Hongyan ; Chen, Daru ; Miao, Xiangrui
Author_Institution :
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
Abstract :
An optical frequency down-converter based on four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear fibers is proposed and experimentally realized for radio-over-fiber systems. A down-converted 1.5 GHz intermediate-frequency signal is obtained from a received 11.1 GHz millimeter-wave signal.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; radio-over-fibre; all-optical frequency down-converter; four-wave-mixing; frequency 1.5 GHz; frequency 11.1 GHz; highly nonlinear fiber; radio-over-fiber systems; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9789217-2-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9789217-2-9
DOI :
10.1109/AOE.2007.4410840
