Title :
Photonic microwave down-conversion based on linear modulation and filtering
Author :
Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Levi, A.F.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
A photonic technique for self-homodyne down-conversion from an RF/microwave signal is demonstrated. Using this approach information can be extracted from a transmitted carrier microwave signal without using high-speed photodetector and photonic or electronic nonlinear elements.
Keywords :
heterodyne detection; microwave photonics; optical filters; optical frequency conversion; optical information processing; optical modulation; RF signal; electronic nonlinear elements; filtering; high-speed photodetector; linear modulation; photonic microwave down-conversion; photonic nonlinear elements; self-homodyne down-conversion; transmitted carrier microwave signal; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110439
