TY - JOUR
T1 - All-Optical Frequency Shifter Based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in an Optical Fiber
AU - Chan, E.H.W.
AU - Minasian, R.A.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - A new optical frequency shifter that can shift the light frequency in the microwave or millimeter-wave frequency range is presented. It is based on the use of stimulated Brillouin scattering gain and loss spectrums in an optical fiber to suppress one sideband of a double-sideband suppressed carrier modulation signal while amplifying the other sideband. The new optical frequency shifter only involves optical components and is capable of operating over a wide frequency range with low spurious generation and with tunable capabilities. It can be also used as a single-sideband suppressed carrier modulator. Experimental results demonstrate a 20 GHz frequency shift with a 25 dB signal-to-noise ratio and a widely tunable frequency shifting operation. © 2009-2012 IEEE.
AB - A new optical frequency shifter that can shift the light frequency in the microwave or millimeter-wave frequency range is presented. It is based on the use of stimulated Brillouin scattering gain and loss spectrums in an optical fiber to suppress one sideband of a double-sideband suppressed carrier modulation signal while amplifying the other sideband. The new optical frequency shifter only involves optical components and is capable of operating over a wide frequency range with low spurious generation and with tunable capabilities. It can be also used as a single-sideband suppressed carrier modulator. Experimental results demonstrate a 20 GHz frequency shift with a 25 dB signal-to-noise ratio and a widely tunable frequency shifting operation. © 2009-2012 IEEE.
KW - Brillouin scattering
KW - Frequency shift keying
KW - Light pulse generators
KW - Millimeter waves
KW - Natural frequencies
KW - Optical communication
KW - Optical fibers
KW - Optical frequency conversion
KW - Optical materials
KW - Optical signal processing
KW - Optoelectronic devices
KW - Signal processing
KW - Signal to noise ratio
KW - Stimulated Brillouin scattering, Double side-band suppressed carriers
KW - GHz frequencies
KW - Light frequency
KW - Millimeter wave frequencies
KW - Optical components
KW - Optical frequency shifters
KW - Single sideband suppressed carriers
KW - Wide frequency range, Optical fiber communication
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84959017208&doi=10.1109%2fJPHOT.2014.2312921&origin=inward&txGid=95716381258f6649f853d1b5ac7eb3fe
U2 - 10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2312921
DO - 10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2312921
M3 - Article
SN - 1943-0655
VL - 6
JO - IEEE Photonics Journal
JF - IEEE Photonics Journal
IS - 2
M1 - 6600210
ER -