Title :
RF photonic link employing optical phase sensitive amplification
Author :
Agarwal, Abhishek ; Banwell, T. ; Woodward, T.K.
Author_Institution :
Telcordia Technol., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present operation of an optical phase-sensitive amplifier (OPSA) in a RF-photonic link for improved link performance. Enhancement of 3.5dB in OIP3 and 2.5dB.Hz2/3 in SFDR at net OPSA gain of 5dB is observed.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical links; OIP3; RF photonic link; SFDR; net OPSA gain; optical phase sensitive amplification; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3