• DocumentCode
    2238526
  • Title

    Noise reduction by balanced detection in microwave photonic filters based on optical broadband sources

  • Author

    Xue, Xiaoxiao ; Zheng, Xiaoping ; Zhang, Hanyi ; Zhou, Bingkun

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a microwave photonic filter based on optical broadband source, of which the optical intensity noise is significantly suppressed through polarization-based balanced detection. The signal-to-noise ratio was increased by 15dB experimentally.
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; optical filters; balanced detection; microwave photonic filters; noise reduction; optical broadband sources; optical intensity noise; Microwave filters; Noise; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950553
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2238526