• DocumentCode
    1429307
  • 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
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    85
  • Lastpage
    88
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1527-3342
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMM.2010.939315
  • Filename
    5691120
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1429307