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Silicon slow-light-based photonic mixer for microwave-frequency conversion applications

Silicon slow-light-based photonic mixer for microwave-frequency conversion applications
Silicon slow-light-based photonic mixer for microwave-frequency conversion applications
We describe and demonstrate experimentally a method for photonic mixing of microwave signals by using a silicon electro-optical Mach–Zehnder modulator enhanced via slow-light propagation. Slow light with a group index of ∼11, achieved in a one-dimensional periodic structure, is exploited to improve the upconversion performance of an input frequency signal from 1 to 10.25 GHz. A minimum transmission point is used to successfully demonstrate the upconversion with very low conversion losses of ∼7  dB and excellent quality of the received I/Q modulated QPSK signal with an optimum EVM of ∼8%.
0146-9592
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Gutiérrez, A.M.
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Brimont, A.
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Herrera, J.
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Aamer, M.
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Martí, J.
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Thomson, D.J.
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Gardes, F.Y.
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Fédéli, J.M.
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Sanchis, P.
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Gutiérrez, A.M.
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Brimont, A.
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Herrera, J.
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Aamer, M.
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Martí, J.
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Thomson, D.J.
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Gardes, F.Y.
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Reed, G.T.
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Fédéli, J.M.
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Gutiérrez, A.M., Brimont, A., Herrera, J., Aamer, M., Martí, J., Thomson, D.J., Gardes, F.Y., Reed, G.T., Fédéli, J.M. and Sanchis, P. (2012) Silicon slow-light-based photonic mixer for microwave-frequency conversion applications. Optics Letters, 37 (10), 1721-1723. (doi:10.1364/OL.37.001721).

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We describe and demonstrate experimentally a method for photonic mixing of microwave signals by using a silicon electro-optical Mach–Zehnder modulator enhanced via slow-light propagation. Slow light with a group index of ∼11, achieved in a one-dimensional periodic structure, is exploited to improve the upconversion performance of an input frequency signal from 1 to 10.25 GHz. A minimum transmission point is used to successfully demonstrate the upconversion with very low conversion losses of ∼7  dB and excellent quality of the received I/Q modulated QPSK signal with an optimum EVM of ∼8%.

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Published date: 2012

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Local EPrints ID: 441540
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/441540
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 7db8c430-11a3-4c62-92ca-020deaa621bd
ORCID for F.Y. Gardes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-3272

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Author: A.M. Gutiérrez
Author: A. Brimont
Author: J. Herrera
Author: M. Aamer
Author: J. Martí
Author: D.J. Thomson
Author: F.Y. Gardes ORCID iD
Author: G.T. Reed
Author: J.M. Fédéli
Author: P. Sanchis

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