Two-wave mixing in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier for modulation depth enhancement of optically carried microwave signals

Stéphanie Norcia-Molin (1) , Sylvie Tonda-Goldstein (1) , Daniel Dolfi (1) , Jean-Pierre Huignard (1) , Robert Frey (2)

1 TRT - Thales Research and Technologies [Orsay]
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Manolia

We experimentally and theoretically analyze an original method based on two-wave mixing in an erbiumdoped fiber amplifier for optical carrier reduction of microwave signals. 75% optical carrier attenuation has been observed, and a 10 dB modulation depth increase of the microwave signal is experimentally demonstrated. Moreover, calculated results are in good agreement with measurements and predict that up to 80% carrier attenuation is easily possible.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Stéphanie Norcia-Molin, Sylvie Tonda-Goldstein, Daniel Dolfi, Jean-Pierre Huignard, Robert Frey. Two-wave mixing in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier for modulation depth enhancement of optically carried microwave signals. Optics Letters, 2006, 31 (3), pp.299-301. ⟨hal-00867099⟩