Open AccessModeling amplified arbitrary filtered microwave photonic links and systems
Author(s) -
Erica Sánchez,
Daniel Pérez,
P. DasMahapatra,
J. Capmany
Publication year - 2021
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.423613
Subject(s) - photonics , optics , modulation (music) , optical filter , photonic integrated circuit , physics , filter (signal processing) , computer science , figure of merit , microwave , electronic engineering , telecommunications , acoustics , engineering , computer vision
Microwave photonic (MWP) links and systems will have more losses as their complexities increase and there will be a need for incorporating optical amplification. Here, we report results of an analytical model developed for amplified arbitrary filtered MWP systems that provides the expressions of the main figures of merit for intensity modulation direct detection. It contemplates the cases of power, intermediate and pre amplification. The model is applied to a long MWP link and then it is evaluated in a MWP reconfigurable filter implemented by means of a programmable waveguide mesh photonic integrated circuit.