Title :
Novel photonic RF receiver using tunable Brillouin filtering and optical mixing
Author :
Oh, I. ; Yegnanarayanan, S. ; Jalali, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a broadband swept frequency RF receiver using tunable Brillouin filtering and optical mixing. Preliminary experiments confirm successful image suppression and wide bandwidth operation.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical filters; optical frequency conversion; optical receivers; optical tuning; radio receivers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; broadband swept-frequency photonic RF receiver; image suppression; optical mixing; tunable Brillouin filtering; Bandwidth; Filtering; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; RF signals; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2001. MWP '01. 2001 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7003-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.981829
