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Millimeter‐wave carrier generation by optical frequency multiplication using stimulated Brillouin scattering and four‐wave mixing
Author(s) -
Han Seung Heon,
Park Chul Soo,
Hann Swook,
Lee Seong Ro,
Park ChangSoo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.26204
Subject(s) - brillouin scattering , four wave mixing , phase noise , microwave , optics , optical amplifier , laser linewidth , extremely high frequency , materials science , optoelectronics , dbc , optical carrier transmission rates , physics , optical fiber , nonlinear optics , laser , radio over fiber , quantum mechanics
We introduced a method to generate an optical millimeter‐wave (MMW) carrier based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and four‐wave mixing (FWM). By placing two single mode fibers and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) along the bidirectional loop, we were able to implement the process. In particular, by combining SBS and FWM effects during bidirectional transmission, we effectively obtained a MMW carrier through multiple sidebands amplified by two optical nonlinearities. During experimentation, the generated MMW carrier displayed a narrow linewidth of 314 Hz at a frequency of 54.26 GHz, as well as phase noise of −81.50 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26204