Title :
Optical demodulation of THz signals
Author :
Borner, Janna ; Pillet, Gregoire ; Morvan, Loic ; Dolfi, Daniel ; Balakier, K. ; Renaud, C.
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol. France, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We present an all optical technique to demodulate THz signals on optical carriers using a standard optical phase modulator and an RF synthesizer. Noise floor as low as -95 dBc/Hz is reached at 700 GHz.
Keywords :
demodulation; optical modulation; RF synthesizer; THz signals optical demodulation; frequency 700 GHz; noise floor; optical carriers; optical phase modulator; Demodulation; Noise; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656508
