Title :
Photonic RF Down-Converter Based on Optomechanical Oscillation
Author :
Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical radio-frequency (RF) down-conversion in a silica microtoroid optomechanical (OM) oscillator. Preliminary results show that the OM oscillator can simultaneously serve as mixer and local oscillator in a photonic homodyne RF-receiver architecture.
Keywords :
homodyne detection; micro-optomechanical devices; microwave photonics; optical receivers; oscillators; radio-over-fibre; all-optical radio-frequency down-conversion; electronic homodyne receiver; mixer; photonic homodyne RF-receiver architecture; silica microtoroid optomechanical oscillator; Baseband; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical resonators; Oscillators; RF signals; Radio frequency; Down-conversion; optomechanical (OM) oscillator;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.912991
