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Silicon slow-light-based photonic mixer for microwave-frequency conversion applications |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 10, pp. 1721-1723 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.001721
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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
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OCIS Codes
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(190.7220) Nonlinear optics : Upconversion
(250.4110) Optoelectronics : Modulators
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: February 9, 2012
Revised Manuscript: March 21, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: March 23, 2012
Published: May 14, 2012
Citation
A. M. Gutiérrez, A. Brimont, J. Herrera, M. Aamer, J. Martí, D. J. Thomson, F. Y. Gardes, G. T. Reed, J. M. Fedeli, and P. Sanchis, "Silicon slow-light-based photonic mixer for microwave-frequency conversion applications," Opt. Lett. 37, 1721-1723 (2012)
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