Title :
Optical carrier-suppressed single sideband (O-CS-SSB) Modulation using a hyperfine blocking filter based on a virtually imaged phased-array (VIPA)
Author :
Xiao, Shijun ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fDate :
7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Using a hyperfine blocking filter based on a virtually imaged phased-array as the spectral disperser, we present a novel scheme of optical carrier-suppressed single sideband (SSB) modulation. Our experiments demonstrate sideband suppression of ∼28 dB at only a 2.9-GHz offset for single subcarrier amplitude modulated at 622 Mb/s. Furthermore, the hyperfine blocking filter can be tuned for simultaneous optical SSB and strong carrier suppression to ∼30 dB lower in optical power than the unsuppressed sideband.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical modulation; optical tuning; subcarrier multiplexing; 2.9 GHz; 622 Mbit/s; O-CS-SSB; VIPA; amplitude modulation; hyperfine blocking filter; optical carrier-suppressed single sideband modulation; spectral disperser; virtually imaged phased-array; Amplitude modulation; Fiber gratings; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation; Microwave photonics; single sideband (SSB) modulation; subcarrier multiplexing (SCM); virtually imaged phased-array (VIPA);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.848564
