Processing of high-frequency, wide-band signals is conveniently performed in the optical domain due to availability of optical filters which intrinsically have a wide-band response. On the other end, there are several application scenarios where very sharp pass-band filtering is required. In these cases, realizing the processing in the optical domain might not be technically simple, although filters of extremely high Q-factor have been demonstrated. This paper presents the feasibility of signal processing based on very sharp electrical filtering (<; 1 GHz around 193 THz) assisted by optical down-conversion, i.e., by means of optical coherent detection. In particular, we show experimentally two applications where the filtering capability is exploited to perform signal processing: the demodulation of phase-modulated optical signals and the implementation of a chirp-managed transmission link. Other possible applications of this technique will be also discussed at the presentation.

Applications of narrow-filtering based on optical coherent detection

PRESI, Marco;
2015-01-01

Abstract

Processing of high-frequency, wide-band signals is conveniently performed in the optical domain due to availability of optical filters which intrinsically have a wide-band response. On the other end, there are several application scenarios where very sharp pass-band filtering is required. In these cases, realizing the processing in the optical domain might not be technically simple, although filters of extremely high Q-factor have been demonstrated. This paper presents the feasibility of signal processing based on very sharp electrical filtering (<; 1 GHz around 193 THz) assisted by optical down-conversion, i.e., by means of optical coherent detection. In particular, we show experimentally two applications where the filtering capability is exploited to perform signal processing: the demodulation of phase-modulated optical signals and the implementation of a chirp-managed transmission link. Other possible applications of this technique will be also discussed at the presentation.
2015
978-1-4673-7880-2
Coherent detection
Signal processing
Fiber optic sensors
Phase modulation
Q factor measurement
Signal detection
Signal processing Application scenario
Coherent detection
Electrical filtering
High frequency HF
Optical coherent detection
Optical domains
Phase-modulated optical signals
Transmission link
Transparent optical networks
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Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12606/10776
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