title: Nondegenerate four-wave-mixing-based radio frequency up/downconversion using a parametric loop mirror.
abstract: We propose a method of reconfigurable radio frequency up/downconversion using a parametric optical loop mirror. The baseband optical signal can be unconverted to a carrier-suppressed radio-over-fiber signal at a wide range of frequencies without the help of optical filters to remove the optical carrier. Upconversion of up to 60 GHz and downconversion from 40 GHz for both single-channel and wavelength-division-multiplexing signals using the same setup are demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA. haoh@usc.edu
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jeng-Yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Asher
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voskoboinik
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Willner