简介：Themicrowavephotonicfilters(MPFs)basedonseriallycoupledsiliconmicroringresonators(MRRs)aretheoreticallyanalyzedfortheapplicationof60-GHzmillimeterwavewirelesspersonalareanetworks.Thisisachievedbycalculatingtheimprovementofbiterrorratio(BER).Accordingtothesimulationresults,therequirementofsignal-to-noiseratio(SNR)ofthereceiveddatacanbereducedby14dBforthesameBERwithandwithoutMPFs.TheperformanceoftheMPFwithfiveseriallycoupledmicroringstructuresisbetterthanthatoftheMPFwithasinglemicroring,owingtotheimprovementoftheshapefactor.

简介：Aweakinfrared(IR)imageamplifierwithmorethan60-dBopticalgainandfrequencyup-conversionisdevelopedfromapicosecond(PS)355-nmpumpedgatedopticalparametricamplifier(OPA)inaβ-BaB2O4(BBO)crystal.TheIRimageat1064nmisamplifiedandup-convertedintothevisibleregionat532nmbyparametricamplificationandup-conversion.Withtheoptimizedopticalgain,thelowestdetectableenergyoftheimagecanbeaslowas1.8femto-Jouleperpulse,whichisthreeordersofmagnitudelowerthanthedetectionlimitofacharge-coupleddevice(CCD)camera.ThetransversalresolutionoftheOPAimagingisinvestigated,andtheapproachesforhigherdetectionsensitivityandhighertransversalresolutionareproposed.

简介：Real-timevideostreamingusingultra-wideband(UWB)technologyisexperimentallydemonstratedalonglong-reachpassiveopticalnetworks(LR-PONs)withdifferentwiredandwirelessreaches.ExperimentaltestsusingexternalanddirectmodulationwithUWBwirelessradiationinthe10-and60-GHzbandsareperformed.Anultra-bendablefiberisalsoconsideredforalast-miledistribution.ThevideoqualityattheoutputoftheopticalfiberinfrastructureoftheLR-PONisassessedusingtheerrorvectormagnitude(EVM),andthelinkqualityindicator(LQI)isusedasafigureofmeritafterwirelessradiation.AnEVMbelow–17dBisachievedforbothexternallyanddirectlymodulatedLR-PONscomprisingupto125kmofopticalfiber.EVMimprovementisobservedforlongerLR-PONswhendirectlymodulatedlasers(DMLs)areusedbecauseoftheamplitudegainprovidedbythecombinedeffectofdispersionandDML’schirp.Comparedwithopticalback-to-backoperation,theLQIleveldegradestothemaximumaround20%forLR-PONsrangingbetween75and125kmoffiberreachandwithawirelesscoverageof2minthe10-GHzUWBband.ThesamelevelofLQIdegradationisobservedusingthe60-GHzUWBbandwithaLR-PONintegrating101kmofaccessnetwork,alast-miledistributionusingultra-bendablefiber,anda5.2-mwirelesslink.