Title :
Influence of optical filtering on nonlinearities in SOA-based slow and fast light microwave phase shifter
Author :
Berger, P. ; Bourderionnet, Jerome ; Dolfi, Daniel ; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim ; Bretenaker, Fabien ; Duill, S.O. ; Eisenstein, Gadi
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We present an experimental and numerical investigation of the influence of filtering the red-shifted modulation on the linearity of a microwave-photonics link with a CPO-based phase shifter. Different behavior versus SOA bias current are evidenced.
Keywords :
light coherence; microwave phase shifters; microwave photonics; optical fibre filters; optical phase shifters; red shift; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; SOA-based fast light microwave phase shifter; SOA-based slow light microwave phase shifter; coherent population oscillations; microwave-photonics link; optical filtering; red-shifted modulation; Filtering; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7824-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2010.5664152
