Application of semiconductor optical amplifiers to microwave signal processing

Author

Ogawa, Hiroyo ; Horikawa, K. ; Kamitsuna, H. ; Kobayashi, Osamu ; Imaizumi, Yukari ; Ogawa, Isamu

Author_Institution

NTT Wireless Syst. Labs., Yokosuka, Japan

fYear

1995

fDate

16-20 May 1995

Firstpage

1177

Abstract

This paper proposes an application of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) to RF-to-optical and optical-to-RF convertors, microwave filters and microwave samplers. The SOA convertor can make it possible to realize a compact and cost-effective radio repeater for RF signal distribution. The SOA filtering and sampling expands application areas of fiber optics to microwave signal processing. The basic performance is experimentally investigated at microwave frequencies and good performance is obtained.<>

Keywords

frequency convertors; microwave filters; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; radio repeaters; semiconductor lasers; RF signal distribution; RF-to-optical convertors; microwave filters; microwave samplers; microwave signal processing; optical-to-RF convertors; radio repeater; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Converters; Filtering; Microwave filters; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal sampling; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1995., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2581-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1995.406181

Filename

406181