Title :
All optical fibre antenna using D-fibre for microcellular mobile communication networks
Author :
Al-Raweshidy, H.S. ; Muhammad, F.A. ; Senior, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper presents preliminary measurements taken on a novel PVDF-coated D-fibre interferometric antenna to detect RF signals. A sensitivity of 1.7 μrad/V/m per meter of fibre was achieved with a 10 cm fibre length coated with 100 μm thickness of PVDF. In addition, the D-fibre antenna exhibited less radial resonances than when using conventional circularly symmetric fibre
Keywords :
optical fibre cladding; 10 cm; 100 mum; D-fibre; D-fibre antenna; PVDF-coated D-fibre interferometric antenna; RF signal detection; all optical fibre antenna; conventional circularly symmetric fibre; fibre length coatings; microcellular mobile communication networks; polyvinylidene fluoride; radial resonances; sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971364
