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%.
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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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Sanchis, P.
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2012
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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), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.37.001721).
Abstract
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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