Multi-band RF spectral compression and inversion using optical frequency comb

Author

Xinwu Yang ; Kun Xu ; Yitang Dai ; Feifei Yin ; Jianqiang Li ; Jintong Lin

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We propose a high-efficient photonic approach that can simultaneously down-convert, compress and invert the spectrum of multiband RF signal through coherently heterodyning the optic-carried multiband RF signal with a frequency carefully aligned optical frequency comb. A proof of concept experiment with dual band RF spectral manipulation is demonstrated to validate this proposal. Performance is also investigated that the system an EVM degradation of 7.5% compared to the back to back condition.

Keywords

optical frequency conversion; spectral analysis; EVM degradation; dual band RF spectral manipulation; high-efficient photonic approach; multiband RF signal spectrum; multiband RF spectral compression; multiband RF spectral inversion; optical frequency comb; Adaptive optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; RF signals; Radio frequency; Optical frequency comb; Spectral compression; Spectral inversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2013 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOCN.2013.6617230

Filename

6617230