• DocumentCode
    733927
  • Title

    Microwave photonics mixer based on polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Qi Zhou ; Fok, Mable P.

  • Author_Institution
    Lightwave & Microwave Photonics Lab., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A wideband microwave photonics mixer is experimentally demonstrated based on the use of phase coherent orthogonal carriers, generated from single sideband modulation in dual drive Mach-Zehnder modulator and polarization-rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier.
  • Keywords
    light coherence; light polarisation; microwave photonics; optical modulation; optical rotation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; dual drive Mach-Zehnder modulator; phase coherent orthogonal carriers; polarization rotation; semiconductor optical amplifier; single sideband modulation; wideband microwave photonic mixer; Amplitude modulation; Frequency conversion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184370