Title :
Noise performance of an eight-sideband parametric mixer
Author :
Tong, Zhi ; Wiberg, Andreas O J ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Noise performance of an eight-sideband mixer seeded by two continuous-wave pumps was measured and compared with two- and four-sideband parametric devices. We show that the noise-figure of a free-running mixer grows with increasing sideband number.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical noise; continuous wave pump; eight sideband parametric mixer; free-running mixer; noise performance; Amplitude modulation; Mixers; Noise measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
