Title :
Spurious-free dynamic range characteristics of the photonic up-converter based on a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Seo, Jun-Hyuk ; Seo, Young-Kwang ; Choi, Woo-Young
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
We investigate nonlinear intermodulation distortion characteristics of the photonic up-converter based on a semiconductor optical amplifier for multifrequency signal up-conversion. The third-order intermodulation distortions are measured with two-tone intermediate frequency signals for the photonic up-converter under various conditions. The spurious-free dynamic range is determined to be larger than 72 dB/spl middot/Hz/sup 2/3/.
Keywords :
intermodulation distortion; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; millimeter wave range; multifrequency signal up-conversion; nonlinear intermodulation distortion characteristics; photonic up-converter; radio-on-fiber systems; semiconductor optical amplifier; spurious-free dynamic range characteristics; third-order intermodulation distortions; two-tone intermediate frequency signals; Base stations; Dynamic range; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.818680
