Title :
Photonic instantaneous frequency measurement using optical carrier suppression based DC power monitoring
Author :
Fu, Songnian ; Tang, Ming ; Shum, Perry
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
A photonic-assisted technique for instantaneous microwave frequency measurement is experimentally demonstrated using cascaded MZMs via optical carrier suppression (OCS) technique. The microwave frequency can be simply estimated by monitoring direct current (DC) optical power.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; electronic warfare; frequency measurement; microwave photonics; DC power monitoring; OCS; cascaded MZM; direct current; electronic warfare; instantaneous microwave frequency measurement; optical carrier suppression; photonic-assisted technique; Frequency measurement; High speed optical techniques; Microwave photonics; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110437
