DocumentCode
1471394
Title
Low-biased fiber-optic link for microwave downconversion
Author
Howerton, M.M. ; Moeller, R.P. ; Gopalakrishnan, G.K. ; Burns, W.W.
Author_Institution
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Volume
8
Issue
12
fYear
1996
Firstpage
1692
Lastpage
1694
Abstract
Downconversion of microwave signals using fiber-optic links is investigated while low-biasing one modulator in a cascaded pair. Enhancement of the downconverted signal and variation of intermodulation distortion terms as a function of phase bias are studied theoretically and experimentally. Distortion is significant at high local oscillator powers needed to minimize conversion loss.
Keywords
intermodulation distortion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; optical noise; cascaded pair; conversion loss; high local oscillator powers; intermodulation distortion terms; low-biased fiber-optic link; low-biasing; microwave downconversion; microwave signal downconversion; phase bias; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Photodetectors; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.544721
Filename
544721
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