Optical Domain Down-Conversion of Microwave Signals for High Dynamic Range Microwave Fiber Optic Links

Author

Li, Yifei ; Herczfeld, P. ; Rosen, A. ; Bystrom, M. ; Berceli, Tibor

Author_Institution

Center for Microwave-Lightwave Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Optical downconversion of microwave signals offers the potential for reduced noise and higher dynamic range over electronic downconversion. A novel downconversion scheme is introduced which allows for remote reception of microwave signals and downconversion to intermediate frequencies or baseband in the optical domain. Experiments show low noise and intermodulation effects. Further extensions of the optical downconverter and potential gains are also discussed

Keywords

microwave links; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; optical phase locked loops; electronic downconversion; intermediate frequency downconversion; intermodulation; microwave fiber optic links; microwave signal; optical demodulation; optical domain down-conversion; phase-locked loop; Dynamic range; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; downconversion; optical demodulation; phase-locked loop;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2006. MWP '06. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0203-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0204-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2006.346542

Filename

4153765