Title :
Modulation depth enhancement in radio-over-fiber systems using a Si3N4 ring resonator notch filter for optical carrier reduction
Author :
Perentos, Andreas ; Cuesta-Soto, F. ; Canciamilla, Antonio ; Vidal, Borja ; Pierno, L. ; Losilla, Nuria S. ; Lopez-Royo, Francisco ; Melloni, A. ; Iezekiel, Stavros
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Abstract :
Optical carrier reduction via the use of a Si3N4 ring resonator notch filter (RRNF) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for improving the modulation efficiency in a 10 GHz radio-over-fiber (RoF) system.
Keywords :
notch filters; optical communication equipment; optical fibre filters; optical modulation; optical resonators; radio-over-fibre; silicon compounds; RRNF; RoF system; Si3N4; frequency 10 GHz; modulation depth enhancement; optical carrier reduction; radio-over-fiber systems; ring resonator notch filter; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358753