Fiber optic microwave transmission using harmonic modulation and optoelectronic mixing/optically pumped mixing

Author

Ogawa, H. ; Kamiya, Y.

Author_Institution

ATR Opt. & Radio Commun. Res. Lab., Kyoto, Japan

fYear

1991

fDate

10-14 July 1991

Firstpage

593

Abstract

The authors propose two configurations of fiber-optic links for use in microwave and millimeter-wave transmissions. Harmonic generation and optoelectronic mixing/optically pumped mixing are successfully utilized in the fiber-optic links. The performance of laser diodes as harmonic modulators is experimentally investigated in the 10-GHz band. The p-i-n photodiode is used as an optoelectronic microwave mixer and an optically pumped microwave mixer, and the microwave characteristics of the mixers are demonstrated. It is concluded that the two fiber-optic links are promising for transmission at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies.<>

Keywords

microwave links; mixers (circuits); optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; 10 GHz; fiber-optic links; harmonic modulation; laser diodes; microwave characteristics; microwave transmission; millimeter-wave transmissions; optically pumped mixing; optoelectronic mixing; p-i-n photodiode; Diode lasers; Frequency conversion; Millimeter wave technology; Optical fibers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Power harmonic filters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-87942-591-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1991.147072

Filename

147072