Title :
All- optical microwave up-conversion using an optical broadband source and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author :
Grassi, Fulvio ; Mora, José ; Ortega, Beatriz ; Capmany, José
Author_Institution :
ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
A technique to perform all optical microwave up-conversion is proposed for a RoF system based on the employment of an optical broadband source. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer is the fundamental device for rejecting undesired frequency components.
Keywords :
Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
