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Published on: February 6, 2014
All-optical frequency upconversion of a quasi optical single sideband signal utilizing a nonlinear semiconductor
1Department of Nanobio Materials and Electronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 1 Oryongdong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-712, South Korea.
Abstract:
An all-optical frequency upconversion technique using a quasi optical single sideband (q-OSSB) signal in a nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifier (NSOA) for radio-over-fiber applications is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. An optical radio frequency signal (f(RF) = 37.5 GHz) in the form of a q-OSSB signal is generated by mixing an optical intermediate frequency (IF) signal (f(IF) = 2.5 GHz) with an optical local oscillator signal (f(LO) = 35 GHz) utilizing coherent population oscillation and cross gain modulation effects in an NSOA. The phase noise, conversion efficiency, spurious free dynamic range (SFDR), and transmission characteristics of the q-OSSB signal are investigated.
