CW microwave generation by optical downconversion in a nonlinear Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As waveguide

Author

Frlan, E. ; Janz, S. ; Chatenoud, F. ; Normandin, R. ; Stubbs, M.G. ; Wight, J.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

23-27 May 1994

Firstpage

1109

Abstract

Techniques for optical generation of microwave signals have recently received much attention. The generation of narrowband microwave signals from the mixing of two optical sources has been demonstrated using fast photodetectors. This paper describes the first generation of a tuneable, CW, narrowband microwave radiation by mixing two optical sources in a Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As waveguide, utilizing the inherent non-linear properties of the material.<>

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; microwave generation; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; AlGaAs; CW microwave generation; microwave signal generation; narrowband microwave signals; nonlinear Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-/GaAs waveguide; nonlinear properties; optical downconversion; optical source mixing; Microwave generation; Microwave theory and techniques; Narrowband; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1778-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335160

Filename

335160