A small wideband antenna printed on the same LiNbO/sub 3/ substrate as the integrated optical modulator

Author

Kuwabara, N. ; Ideguchi, T. ; Kobayashi, R.

Author_Institution

NTT Telecommun. Networks Lab., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1992

fDate

18-25 June 1992

Firstpage

725

Abstract

A 9.5-mm-long dipole antenna was printed on the LiNbO/sub 3/ substrate where a Mach-Zehnder interferometer had been formed from an optical waveguide. An equivalent circuit of the sensor was created to calculate the sensitivity and the frequency response, and the circuit parameters were obtained using the moment method and were also measured. The measured sensitivity and frequency response of the antenna closely agree with the calculated values. The measured frequency response is almost flat from 100 Hz to 2.5 GHz.<>

Keywords

dipole antennas; electric field measurement; electro-optical devices; fibre optic sensors; frequency response; integrated optics; lithium compounds; microstrip antennas; optical modulation; 100 Hz to 2.5 GHz; 9.5 mm; LiNbO/sub 3/ substrate; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; dipole antenna; electric field sensor; equivalent circuit; frequency response; integrated optical modulator; optical fibres; printed antenna; sensitivity; sensor; small wideband antenna; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Equivalent circuits; Frequency measurement; Frequency response; Moment methods; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1992. AP-S. 1992 Digest. Held in Conjuction with: URSI Radio Science Meeting and Nuclear EMP Meeting., IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0730-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1992.221831

Filename

221831