Title :
IR-UWB Transmission in 40-GHz-Band using Optical Conversion by Cascaded Modulators
Author :
Nguyen, H.G. ; Merzouk, K. ; Gary, R. ; Cabon, B. ; Constant, S.B. ; Maury, G. ; Guennec, Y. Le
Author_Institution :
INPG-MTNATEC, Grenoble
Abstract :
This paper investigates electrical to optical (E/O) up-conversion in the 40-GHz-band of an impulse-radio ultra wide band (IR-UWB) signal modulating a RF sub-carrier at 4 GHz. The performances of the system in terms of conversion loss (CL) are demonstrated. The wide bandwidth operation for this up-conversion of UWB signals at 40 GHz is successfully shown experimentally and validated by models.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; radio-over-fibre; ultra wideband communication; IR-UWB transmission; UWB signals; cascaded modulators; conversion loss; electrical to optical up-conversion; frequency 40 GHz; impulse-radio ultra wide band signal; optical conversion; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Intensity modulation; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; RF signals; Radio frequency; Ultra wideband technology; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Radio-over-Fiber (ROF); Ultra-Wide Band (UWB); all-optical double-sideband suppressed-carrier modulation; frequency up-conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2007 IEEE International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1167-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1168-9
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2007.4378146
