Abstract

Using optical techniques to undertake microwave signal processing is a new step in the evolution of optoelectronic technologies. Thus, mixing microwave frequencies using all optical components has many applications in communication systems with fiber-optic links. Different mixer configurations using electrooptic modulators have already been studied [1], [2], but they all present very large conversion loss. We report here simulation results of a mixer configuration using a passive optical device. A low conversion loss is demonstrated.

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