Title :
Optical fibre antenna using D-fibre for radio on fibre applications in microcellular mobile communications
Author :
Al-Raweshidy, H.S. ; Muhammad, F.A. ; Senior, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun Networks Res., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper presents preliminary measurements taken on a novel PVDF-coated D-fibre interferometric antenna to detect RF signals. A sensitivity of 1.7 μrad/V/m per meter of fibre was achieved with a 10 cm fibre length coated with 100 μm thickness of PVDF. In addition, the D-fibre antenna exhibited less radial resonances than when using conventional circularly symmetric fibre
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; antennas; cellular radio; land mobile radio; optical fibre networks; optical signal detection; radio equipment; 10 cm; 100 mum; 7 to 70 MHz; PVDF-coated D-fibre interferometric antenna; RF signals detection; microcellular mobile communications; optical fibre antenna; radial resonances; radio on fibre applications; sensitivity; Diode lasers; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical films; Optical modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4198-8
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.632518
