Title :
High dynamic-range microwave photonic links using maximally linear FIR optical filters
Author :
Wyrwas, John M. ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose a microwave photonic link in which maximally linear FIR optical filters discriminate frequency modulation. Using a tenth-order filter, one can achieve a 127 dBm/Hz2/3 SFDR with 1 mW of received optical power.
Keywords :
FIR filters; electric fields; microwave photonics; modulation; optical distortion; FM distributed Bragg reflector; FM-to-IM discrimination; distortion; electric field transmission magnitude; high dynamic-range microwave photonic links; maximally linear FIR optical filters; modulation bandwidths; optical filters; optical finite impulse response filters; optical frequency modulated photonic links; planar lightwave circuits; spur-free dynamic range; Bandwidth; Finite impulse response filter; Frequency modulation; Linearity; Nonlinear filters; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation;
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
