Title :
An Optical-to-Microwave Converter
Author :
Wang, Renyuan ; Shirazi-HD, Mohammad Ali ; Li, Yifei
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
By power combining of four photodetectors and impedance matching, we implemented an efficient optical-to-microwave converter capable of achieving 20 dBm RF power and an OIP3 of 35.1 dBm. The bandwidth of the converter is 150 MHz with a center frequency of 1 GHz.
Keywords :
convertors; impedance matching; photodetectors; power combiners; bandwidth 150 MHz; frequency 1 GHz; impedance matching; optical-to-microwave converter; photodetectors; power combining; Converters; Integrated optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Photodiodes; Radio frequency;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MMM.2010.939315
