Title :
Evaluation on a 60 GHz radio over fiber system employing photonic up conversion and optically beam formed linear array antenna for broadband indoor access
Author :
Mikroulis, Spiros ; Petropoulos, Ioannis ; Aldaya, Ivan ; Giacoumidis, E. ; Tomkos, Ioannis ; Voudouris, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Technol. Educ. Inst. of Athens (TEI), Aigaleo, Greece
Abstract :
In this study, two linear coplanar array antennas based on Indium Phosphide (InP) substrate are designed, presented and compared in terms of bandwidth and gain. Slot introduction in combination with coplanar structure is investigated, providing enhanced antenna gain and bandwidth at the 60 GHz frequency band. In addition the proposed array antennas are evaluated in terms of integration with a high-speed photodiode and investigated in terms of matching, providing a bandwidth that reaches 2 GHz. Moreover a potential beam forming scenario combined with photonic up-conversion scheme has been proposed.
Keywords :
broadband antennas; indium compounds; indoor radio; linear antenna arrays; photodiodes; radio-over-fibre; InP; antenna gain; bandwidth; beam forming scenario; broadband indoor access; coplanar structure; frequency 60 GHz; high-speed photodiode; indium phosphide substrate; linear coplanar array antennas; optically beam formed linear array antenna; photonic up conversion; photonic up-conversion scheme; radio over fiber system; slot introduction; Arrays; Bandwidth; Indium phosphide; Linear antenna arrays; Optical beams; Photodiodes; Substrates; optical beam-forming; radio over fiber; slot array antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cartagena
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602769
