Microwave photonics frequency-converted link using electroabsorption devices

In this paper, we analyze the electroabsorption modulator in the detector/mixer and the modulator/mixer modes. Analog fiber-optic links have been studied for the transmission of signals at radio/microwave frequencies. A novel efficient frequency agile RF-converted link using EAMs as optoelectronic mixers at both transmitter and receiver. This proposed frequency converted RF link has the benefit of the optical single-side-band transmission that renders it very useful for long distance RF/microwave transmission at high center frequency and with little dispersion penalty.