Title :
Microwave photonics mixer based on polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Qi Zhou ; Fok, Mable P.
Author_Institution :
Lightwave & Microwave Photonics Lab., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Abstract :
A wideband microwave photonics mixer is experimentally demonstrated based on the use of phase coherent orthogonal carriers, generated from single sideband modulation in dual drive Mach-Zehnder modulator and polarization-rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier.
Keywords :
light coherence; light polarisation; microwave photonics; optical modulation; optical rotation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; dual drive Mach-Zehnder modulator; phase coherent orthogonal carriers; polarization rotation; semiconductor optical amplifier; single sideband modulation; wideband microwave photonic mixer; Amplitude modulation; Frequency conversion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
