Photonic RF-Channelized Receiver based on Wideband Parametric Mixers and Coherent Detection

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2014.stu2i.6
• Publication Date: 2014-06-18T07:11:14Z
• Authors: Andreas O. Wiberg; Daniel J. Esman; Lan Liu; Evgeny Myslivets; Nikola Alic; Stojan Radic
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

We present a photonic RF-channelized receiver based on parametric multicasting and LO generation. Using frequency locking and coherent detection, contiguous channelization of 12 sub-channels is achieved covering 24-30GHz. System analysis and characterizations are presented.