Title :
High speed fiber optic links for short-haul microwave applications
Author :
Koffman, I. ; Herczfeld, P.R. ; Daryoush, A.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
Interest in the use of fiber-optic (FO) links to interconnect distributed microwave components and subsystems in phased-array antennas and similar applications resulted in an experimental and analytical comparison between fiber-optic and conventional coaxial interconnects. Experiments were conducted for two different fiber-optic links, namely, reactively matched and resistively matched. An approach based on the use of reactively matched optical transmit/receive modules in conjunction with an advanced fiber-optic link architecture was found to lead to a substantial improvement in the system performance of high-speed links.<>
Keywords :
data communication systems; optical fibres; optical links; coaxial interconnects; data transmission; fiber optic links; high-speed links; optical transmit/receive modules; phased-array antennas; reactively matched; resistively matched; short-haul microwave applications; Fiber lasers; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Masers; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Photodetectors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1988., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
New York, NY, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1988.22196
