Title :
Optical frequency multiplication using fibre ring resonator
Author :
Shi, Y. ; Yang, Hongming ; Okonkwo, C.M. ; Koonen, A.M.J. ; Tangdiongga, E.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
High-order microwave harmonics are generated using a fibre ring resonator based on optical frequency multiplication using low frequency electronics of 1 GHz, thereby allowing transmissions of 20MS/s 64-QAM signals over singlemode, multimode and plastic optical fibres.
Keywords :
light transmission; microwave photonics; optical fibres; optical harmonic generation; optical resonators; fibre ring resonator; frequency 1 GHz; high-order microwave harmonics; low frequency electronics; multimode optical fibres; optical frequency multiplication; plastic optical fibres; singlemode optical fibres; transmission;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.0213
