Open AccessDown-conversion RF/photonic link with a monolithically integrated ACP-OPLL phase demodulator
Author(s) -
Longtao Xu,
Shuting Jin,
Yifei Li
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.25.021705
Subject(s) - spurious free dynamic range , photonics , phase modulation , demodulation , optics , photonic integrated circuit , materials science , radio transmitter design , optoelectronics , phase noise , attenuation , modulation (music) , dynamic range , transmitter , physics , telecommunications , computer science , channel (broadcasting) , acoustics
We present a frequency down conversion RF/photonic link with an attenuation-counter-propagating optical phase lock loop (ACP-OPLL) photonic integrated circuit (PIC) receiver. Frequency down conversion was accomplished by nonlinear optical phase modulation in a 2.5mm long transmitter (TX) multi-quantum-well (MQW) phase modulator. The down-conversion link demonstrated RF to IF conversion loss of ~9dB and spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) of ~118dB∙Hz 2/3 .