• DocumentCode
    2746054
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    85
  • Lastpage
    86
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110437
  • Filename
    6110437