Title :
Demonstration of photonically-controlled GaAs digital/MMIC for rf optical links
Author :
Brunel, A. ; Chu, S.-L.G. ; Davis, S.E. ; Kelsey, A. ; O´Connell, Matthew ; Ruiz, J.A. ; Sharp, R.C. ; Smith, I.W. ; Tabatabaie-Alavi, K.
Author_Institution :
Res. Div., Raytheon Co., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report design, fabrication, and test of a monolithic GaAs IC implementing a broadband optically-driven digital/analog RF interface. The circuit operates in an asynchronous mode to detect AM digital and RF on a single optical fiber input, control RF level, and transmit the RF to the output.<>
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; gallium arsenide; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical links; GaAs; RF level; RF optical links; asynchronous mode; broadband optically-driven digital/analog RF interface; local interconnections; optical fiber communication; optical fiber input; photonically-controlled digital/MMIC; Analog integrated circuits; Circuit testing; Gallium arsenide; Integrated circuit testing; MMICs; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Photonic integrated circuits; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1995., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2581-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1995.406205
