Gutiérrez Campo, Ana María; Sanchis Kilders, Pablo; Brimont, Antoine Christian Jacques; Thomson, David J.; Gardes, Frédéric Y.; Reed, Graham T.; Fédéli, Jean Marc; Vidal Rodriguez, Borja(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-08)
[EN] A new approach for implementing an integrable photonic microwave filter based on exploiting the asymmetry of a CMOS-compatible silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator is demonstrated. The strong dependence of the modulator ...
Benítez-González, Jesús; Mora Almerich, José(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018)
[EN] In this letter, a novel structure combining low coherence interferometry (LCI) and microwave photonics (MWP) is proposed. In this case, the electro-optic modulator is strategically placed inside the interferometric ...
A general model of analog microwave photonic links employing cascaded amplitude and phase external modulation is theoretically derived. Chromatic dispersion is also included in the model showing a different dispersion ...
Doménech Gómez, José David(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013-09-23)
In this work we propose the apodization or windowing of the coupling coefficients of the unit cells conforming a coupled resonator device as a mean to reduce the level of secondary sidelobes in the case of SCISSOR configuration ...
Gasulla Mestre, Ivana; Capmany Francoy, José; Sancho Durá, Juan; Lloret Soler, Juan Antonio; Sales Maicas, Salvador(Sociedad Española de Óptica, 2011)
[EN] We present a comprehensive review of the application of slow and fast light techniques to the field of microwave photonics. Basic principles leading to the implementation of key desired functionalities as tunable ...
Sekkiou, Imene; Chicharro López, Francisco Israel; Ortega Tamarit, Beatriz; Mora Almerich, José(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] A WDM OOFDM access network using a centralized optical transceiver based on a single optical broadband sliced source at the Central Office is presented as a low cost solution. Such network offers downlink and uplink ...
Samaniego, Diego; Vidal Rodriguez, Borja(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019-03-15)
[EN] A technique to enhance the slope of a photonic microwave filter based on the stimulated Brillouin scattering is proposed. It relies on exploiting the polarization dependence of Brillouin gain in birefringent fibers. ...
Peris Cuesta, Guillem(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-09)
[ES] El aumento de tráfico de datos en la red en los próximos años requerirá de unos parámetros que la actual tecnología no va a poder cumplir. La región de sub-THz es una zona del espectro aún por explotar donde los anchos ...
Vidal Rodriguez, Borja; Bockelt, Alexander Stefan; Palací López, Jesús(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-01-01)
Enhanced multiple four-wave mixing (FWM) processes in nonlinear fiber by phase modulation of the pump carrier are investigated for harmonic mixing multiplication of microwave signals. The enhancement of cascaded FWM by ...
Capmany Francoy, José; Fernández-Pousa, Carlos R.(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011-10)
We propose and explore the families of fully tunable, conditional 2 x 2 frequency-domain beamsplitters that result from sideband coupling in phase modulators. Full tunability is obtained by tailoring the driving voltage ...
Mora Almerich, José; Ruiz Alba Gaya, Antonio; Amaya Ocampo, Waldimar Alexander; Capmany Francoy, José(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011-06)
We propose and experimentally demonstrate that, contrary to what was thought up to now, an efficient BB84 operation is feasible using the double phase modulator (PMPM) configuration in frequency-coded quantum key distribution ...
Palací López, Jesús; Villanueva Ibáñez, Guillermo Eduardo; Herrera, J.(Elsevier, 2011-01-01)
[EN] We present an optical scheme for photonic frequency up-conversion at the millimeter-wave bands based on Semiconductor Optical Amplifier. The proposed scheme modulates the bias current with the Intermediate Frequency ...
Rius Mercado, Manuel; Bolea Boluda, Mario; Mora Almerich, José; Ortega Tamarit, Beatriz; Capmany Francoy, José(Optical Society of America: Open Access Journals, 2015-05-18)
We experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, a chirped microwave pulses generator based on the processing of an incoherent optical signal by means of a nonlinear dispersive element. Different capabilities have been ...
Clement, J.; Hervás-Peralta, Javier; Madrigal-Madrigal, Javier; Maestre, H; Torregrosa, G.; Fernandez-Pousa, Carlos R.; Sales Maicas, Salvador(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018-10-01)
[EN] We present two implementations of fast, discrete incoherent optical frequency-domain reflectometers (I-OFDR) for the interrogation of equally spaced fiber Bragg grating (FBG) arrays, based on the determination of the ...
[EN] In this letter, we present a scalable high-speed W-band (75-110-GHz) fiber wireless communication system. By using an optical frequency comb generator, three-channel 8.3-Gb/s/ch optical orthogonal frequency-division ...
Benítez-González, Jesús; Bolea Boluda, Mario; Mora Almerich, José(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017)
[EN] Low coherence interferometry (LCI) is an optical measurement technique that has attracted the interest for relevant fields like medicine or sensing. With the objective of improving LCI capabilities, microwave photonics ...
Capmany Francoy, José; Fernández Pousa, Carlos R.(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011)
[EN] This paper extends the analysis presented in a previous contribution to account for the effect of third-order intermodulation distortion in the system quantum bit error rate attainable in subcarrier multiplexed quantum ...
[EN] Microwave photonics (MWP) is an emerging field in which radio frequency (RF) signals are generated, distributed, processed and analyzed using the strength of photonic techniques. It is a technology that enables various ...
Capmany Francoy, José; Muñoz Muñoz, Pascual(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014)
[EN] We explore the advantages that integrated microwave
photonics (IMWP) can bring to access networks. We first of all
review the most common architectures of radio access networks
(RANs) to identify the segments where ...
Sánchez Fandiño, Javier Antonio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-07-18)
[EN] Microwave photonics (MWP) is a well-established research field that investigates the use of photonic technologies to generate, distribute, process and analyze RF waveforms in the optical domain. Despite its great ...