DocumentCode
2746112
Title
Photonic microwave down-conversion based on linear modulation and filtering
Author
Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Levi, A.F.J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
9-13 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
89
Lastpage
90
Abstract
A photonic technique for self-homodyne down-conversion from an RF/microwave signal is demonstrated. Using this approach information can be extracted from a transmitted carrier microwave signal without using high-speed photodetector and photonic or electronic nonlinear elements.
Keywords
heterodyne detection; microwave photonics; optical filters; optical frequency conversion; optical information processing; optical modulation; RF signal; electronic nonlinear elements; filtering; high-speed photodetector; linear modulation; photonic microwave down-conversion; photonic nonlinear elements; self-homodyne down-conversion; transmitted carrier microwave signal; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Radio frequency;
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.2011.6110439
Filename
6110439
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