Title :
Photonic frequency down-conversion for millimeter-wave- band radio-over-fiber systems by directly modulating a dual- wavelength fiber laser
Author :
Gao, Shiming ; Gao, Ying ; Fu, Hongyan ; Chen, Daru ; He, S.
Author_Institution :
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
Abstract :
A novel photonic frequency down-conversion scheme is proposed and demonstrated through directly modulating a dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode fiber laser. A 10.6 GHz microwave is down-converted to 1 GHz and a >7 dB signal-to-noise ratio is obtained.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; radio-over-fibre; dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode fiber laser; millimeter-wave-based radio-over-fiber systems; photonic frequency down-conversion scheme; signal-to-noise ratio; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Millimeter wave communication; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9789217-2-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9789217-2-9
DOI :
10.1109/AOE.2007.4410815
