Application of nonlinear optical mixing to microwave photonic instantaneous frequency measurement

Author

Bui, Lam Anh ; Pelusi, Mark ; Vo, Trung ; Sarkhosh, Niusha ; Emami, Hossein ; Mitchell, Arnan ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

Author_Institution

Centre for Ultra-high Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate use of all optical mixing in a highly nonlinear fiber to achieve microwave photonic frequency measurement. The system is simple, compact, predictable and stable with potential applications in next generation radar warning receivers.

Keywords

frequency measurement; microwave photonics; multiwave mixing; optical fibre testing; optical variables measurement; four-wave mixing; microwave photonic frequency measurement; nonlinear fiber; nonlinear optical mixing; radar warning receiver; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; (060.5625) Radio frequency photonics; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224443