Title :
Optical carrier suppression and balanced coherent heterodyne detection for improved performance in wideband microwave photonic links
Author :
Middleton, Charles ; DeSalvo, Richard
Author_Institution :
Harris Corp., Melbourne, FL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a wide-band microwave photonic link with high gain and dynamic range, low noise figure, and dispersion-free propagation using double sideband suppressed carrier modulation, optical amplification and balanced coherent heterodyne detection.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical links; balanced coherent heterodyne detection; dispersion-free propagation; double sideband suppressed carrier modulation; optical amplification; optical carrier suppression; wideband microwave photonic links; Dynamic range; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
