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Analytical model and figures of merit for filtered Microwave photonic links |
Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 20, pp. 19758-19774 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.019758
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Abstract
The concept of filtered Microwave Photonic Links is proposed in order to provide the most general and versatile description of complex analog photonic systems. We develop a field propagation model where a global optical filter, characterized by its optical transfer function, embraces all the intermediate optical components in a linear link. We assume a non-monochromatic light source characterized by an arbitrary spectral distribution which has a finite linewidth spectrum and consider both intensity modulation and phase modulation with balanced and single detection. Expressions leading to the computation of the main figures of merit concerning the link gain, noise and intermodulation distortion are provided which, to our knowledge, are not available in the literature. The usefulness of this derivation resides in the capability to directly provide performance criteria results for complex links just by substituting in the overall closed-form formulas the numerical or measured optical transfer function characterizing the link. This theory is presented thus as a potential tool for a wide range of relevant microwave photonic application cases which is extendable to multiport radio over fiber systems.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(060.2360) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics links and subsystems
(070.1170) Fourier optics and signal processing : Analog optical signal processing
(060.5625) Fiber optics and optical communications : Radio frequency photonics
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: July 27, 2011
Revised Manuscript: August 28, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: August 31, 2011
Published: September 23, 2011
Citation
Ivana Gasulla and José Capmany, "Analytical model and figures of merit for filtered Microwave photonic links," Opt. Express 19, 19758-19774 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-20-19758
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