Title :
Traveling-wave effects in microwave photonics
Author :
Iezekiel, Stavros
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Abstract :
Traveling-wave effects in microwave photonics are reviewed. We show how periodically loaded structures can be used to improve the microwave performance of traveling-wave photodetectors, series cascade lasers and microwave fiber-optic links.
Keywords :
microwave detectors; microwave links; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical links; periodic structures; photodetectors; quantum cascade lasers; reviews; microwave fiber-optic links; microwave photonics; periodically loaded structures; review; series cascade lasers; traveling-wave effects; traveling-wave photodetectors; Bandwidth; Degradation; Diode lasers; High speed optical techniques; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Photodetectors; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343399