Journal article
Slow and fast light effects and their applications to microwave photonics using semiconductor optical amplifiers
We provide a comprehensive review of the application of slow and fast light (SFL) techniques to the field of microwave photonics. Basic principles leading to the implementation of phase shifting and true time delay operations which are instrumental in this field are first considered. We then focus on the description of the main results obtained by our groups in the implementation of broadband, full 360 phase shifting using coherent population oscillations in semiconductor waveguides.
Next, attention is given to the evaluation of the system impairments implied by these devices when included in analog links. Finally, the main results obtained for several microwave photonic applications such as filtering, arbitrary waveform generation and optoelectronic scillators (OEOs)are reviewed, and other directions for future research in the field are discussed.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2010 |
Pages: | 3022-3038 |
ISSN: | 15579670 and 00189480 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2075510 |
ORCIDs: | Mørk, Jesper |
Microwave photonics Optical pumping Optical refraction Optical saturation Optical variables control Optical waveguides arbitrary waveform generation fast light effects filtering microwave oscillators microwave photonics optoelectronic oscillators phase shifters phase shifting semiconductor optical amplifiers semiconductor waveguides slow and fast light (SFL) effects slow light effects time delay operations waveform generators