Title :
New concepts for millimetre wave optical links
Author :
Deborgies, F. ; Goutain, E. ; Combemale, Y. ; Renaud, J.C. ; Rondi, D.
Author_Institution :
THOMSON-CSF/LCR, 91404 ORSAY, FRANCE. Tel:+33 1 69 33 09 32, Fax:+33 1 69 33 08 66, E-mail: deborgies@lcrthomson.fr
Abstract :
New opto-electronic components (namely a bi-electrode laser and a multimode waveguide PIN photodiode) have been realised to open the millimetre wave frequencies to lightwave. Preliminary results on the laser show a cut-off frequency of 27 GHz which is better than the best mono-electrode laser, while the photodiode has a responsivity of around 0.5 A/W with a 3 dB bandwidth greater than 60 GHz, far away from the more conventional surface illuminated PIN photodiode.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Cutoff frequency; Laser beam cutting; Optical fiber communication; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; PIN photodiodes; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1996. 26th European
Conference_Location :
Prague, Czech Republic
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1996.337745
