Title :
RF frequency quadrupling utilizing selective polarization rotation for wavelength-free radio-over-fiber
Author :
Akamatsu, Yosuke ; Chiba, Akito ; Takada, Kazumasa
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Gunma Univ., Kiryu, Japan
Abstract :
We propose rf frequency quadrupling based on selective suppression of optical carrier by a polarizer, for wavelength-free operation. Frequency-upconverted rf signal is successfully obtained experimentally, from generated two-tone optical signal with 25.7-dB carrier-suppression ratio.
Keywords :
optical information processing; optical polarisers; radio-over-fibre; RF frequency quadrupling; frequency-upconverted rf signal; optical carrier; polarizer; selective polarization rotation; two-tone optical signal; wavelength-free operation; wavelength-free radio-over-fiber; Decision support systems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
