Title :
Optically Pumped Mixing at 100 GHz with Travelling-Wave Uni-Travelling Carrier Photodiodes
Author :
Rouvalis, Efthymios ; Fice, Martyn J. ; Renaud, Cyril C. ; Seeds, Alwyn J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
Frequency down-conversion Optically Pumped Mixing was performed at 100 GHz with a Travelling-Wave Uni-Travelling Carrier Photodiode. A conversion loss of 40 dB and 54 dB was obtained for fundamental and sub-harmonically pumped mixing respectively.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical losses; optical pumping; photodiodes; frequency 100 GHz; frequency down-conversion; loss 40 dB; loss 54 dB; optically pumped mixing; travelling-wave uni-travelling carrier photodiodes; Electrical engineering; Masers; Optical fiber communication; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Photodiodes; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
