Title :
Harmonic distortion in slow light SOA based microwave photonic phase shifters
Author :
Gasulla, Ivana ; Sancho, Juan ; Lloret, Juan ; Sales, Salvador ; Capmany, José
Author_Institution :
ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
We present a theoretical and experimental evaluation of any general order harmonic distortion in a SFL phase shifter based on CPO in a SOA and propose different optical filtering implementations for distortion-free design.
Keywords :
distortion; microwave photonics; optical filters; phase shifters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; coherent population oscillations; fast light propagation; harmonic distortion; inherent nonlinear process; microwave photonic phase shifters; optical filtering; optical phenomena; optical signal group velocity; second order harmonics; selective sideband filtering; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light SOA; slow light propagation; tunable broadband RF phase shifters; Filtering; Harmonic distortion; Microwave filters; Optical design; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Phase distortion; Phase shifters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slow light;
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
