Title :
Photonic frequency up-converter based on cross polarization modulation effect in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Seung-Hun Lee ; Hyoung-Jun Kim ; Jang-Soo Chun ; Tae-Ho Voon ; Dong-Vu Kim ; Woo-Keun Song ; Jong-In Song
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Nanobio Mater. & Electron., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
A photonic frequency up-converter based on cross polarization modulation (XPolM) effect in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) was experimentally demonstrated. Optical radio frequency (RF) signals (fRF = 57 GHz and 63 GHz) were generated by mixing an optical local oscillator (LO) signal (fLO = 60 GHz) with an optical intermediate frequency (IF) signal (fIF = 3 GHz) in the inverted mode and non-inverted modes. The positive conversion efficiency of 8.76 dB was achieved in the inverted mode.
Keywords :
laser modes; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; radio-over-fibre; semiconductor optical amplifiers; LO; RoF system; SOA; XPolM; cross polarization modulation effect; frequency 3 GHz; frequency 57 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; frequency 63 GHz; inverted mode; noninverted mode; optical intermediate frequency signal; optical local oscillator signal; optical radio frequency signals; photonic frequency upconverter; positive conversion efficiency; semiconductor optical amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; cross polarization modulation (XPolM); photonic frequency up-conversion; radio over fiber (RoF); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 2012 - 2012 IEEE Region 10 Conference
Conference_Location :
Cebu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4823-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2159-3442
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.2012.6412255
