• 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