Figures of merit for Microwave Photonic phase shifters based on coherent population oscillation slow and fast light effects

Author

Gasulla, I. ; Sancho, J. ; Lloret, J. ; Sales, S. ; Capmany, J.

Author_Institution

ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Slow and Fast light technologies based on coherent population oscillations in SOAs followed by optical filtering provide a promising platform for the implementation of several functionalities in Microwave Photonic systems including, among others, broadband phase shifting and true time delays. This paper presents and develops the main figures of merit (Link Gain, Noise and Distortion) when these devices are integrated in a Microwave Photonic Links.

Keywords

microwave phase shifters; microwave photonics; optical filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; broadband phase shifting; coherent population oscillation; fast light effects; microwave photonic phase shifters; optical filtering; slow light effects; true time delays; Fast light; Filtering; Microwave devices; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Microwave technology; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical noise; Phase shifters; Microwave Photonics; Optical Filtering; Phase shifters; Slow and Fast Light;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549155

Filename

5549155