Silicon slow-light-based photonic mixer for microwave-frequency conversion applications.
Silicon slow-light-based photonic mixer for microwave-frequency conversion applications.
A. Gutiérrez,A. Brimont,7 Authors,P. Sanchis
2012 · DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.001721
Optics Letters · 6 Citations
TLDR
Slow light with a group index of ~11, achieved in a one-dimensional periodic structure, is exploited to improve the upconversion performance of an input frequency signal from 1 to 10.25 GHz.