Spurious-free dynamic range characteristics of the photonic up-converter based on a semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Seo, Jun-Hyuk ; Seo, Young-Kwang ; Choi, Woo-Young

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

15

Issue

11

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1591

Lastpage

1593

Abstract

We investigate nonlinear intermodulation distortion characteristics of the photonic up-converter based on a semiconductor optical amplifier for multifrequency signal up-conversion. The third-order intermodulation distortions are measured with two-tone intermediate frequency signals for the photonic up-converter under various conditions. The spurious-free dynamic range is determined to be larger than 72 dB/spl middot/Hz/sup 2/3/.

Keywords

intermodulation distortion; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; millimeter wave range; multifrequency signal up-conversion; nonlinear intermodulation distortion characteristics; photonic up-converter; radio-on-fiber systems; semiconductor optical amplifier; spurious-free dynamic range characteristics; third-order intermodulation distortions; two-tone intermediate frequency signals; Base stations; Dynamic range; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.818680

Filename

1237598