Millimeter-Wave Photonic Up-Conversion Based on a 55GHz Quantum Dashed Mode-Locked Laser

Mathieu Huchard (1) , Benoit Charbonnier (1) , Philippe Chanclou (1) , Frederic van Dijk (2) , François Lelarge (2) , Guang Hua Duan (2) , Carmen Gonzalez (2) , Monique Thual (3)

1 Orange Labs [Lannion]
2 III-V Lab - Alcatel-Thalès III-V lab
3 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

A photonic architecture for the up-conversion of a typical millimetre-wave 802.15.3c OFDM signal is experimentally demonstrated. The system is based on a 55 GHz mode-locked laser.

Domaines: Optique / photonique; Optique [physics.optics]

Mathieu Huchard, Benoit Charbonnier, Philippe Chanclou, Frederic van Dijk, François Lelarge, et al.. Millimeter-Wave Photonic Up-Conversion Based on a 55GHz Quantum Dashed Mode-Locked Laser. 34th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2008), Sep 2008, Brussels, Belgium. pp.195-197. ⟨hal-00358916⟩