Photonic RF down-converter based on optomechanical oscillation

被引：37

作者：

Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ^{[1
]}

Vahala, Kerry J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Dept Appl Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2008年 / 20卷 / 1-4期

关键词：

down-conversion; optomechanical (OM) oscillator;

D O I：

10.1109/LPT.2007.912991

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate all-optical radio-frequency (RF) down-conversion in a silica microtoroid optomechanical (OM) oscillator. Preliminary results show that the OM oscillator can simultaneously serve as mixer and local oscillator in a photonic homodyne RF-receiver architecture.

引用

页码：234 / 236

页数：3

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