• DocumentCode
    795641
  • Title

    38 GHz optical harmonic mixer for millimetre-wave radiowave systems

  • Author

    Mathoorasing, D. ; Cadiou, J.F. ; Kazmierski, C. ; Penard, E. ; Legaud, P. ; Guena, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Bagneux, CNET, Paris, France
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    6/8/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    970
  • Lastpage
    972
  • Abstract
    The optical harmonic mixing capability of a high speed 1.5 μm DFB laser is demonstrated at 38 GHz. A 700 Mbit/s digital NPZ signal combined with a 9.5 GHz local oscillator modulates the laser and upconverts the frequency to 38 GHz. A bit error rate (BER) of 10-9 after IF amplification is obtained with -18 dBm at 700 Mbit/s for a received DC optical power of 0.6 dBm. The sensivity at 38 GHz for the carrier is -46.5 dBm
  • Keywords
    digital radio; distributed feedback lasers; high-speed optical techniques; millimetre wave mixers; millimetre wave receivers; optical harmonic generation; 1.5 micron; 38 GHz; 700 Mbit/s; DC optical power; IF amplification; bit error rate; carrier sensivity; digital NPZ signal; frequency upconversion; high speed DFB laser; laser modulation; local oscillator; millimetre-wave radiowave systems; optical harmonic mixer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19950684
  • Filename
    390993