Resistive mixing and parametric up-conversion of microwave optoelectronic signals in a microstrip ring resonator

Author

Gopalakrishnan, G.K. ; Fairchild, B.W. ; Yeh, C.L. ; Park, C.S. ; Chang, K. ; Weichold, M.H. ; Taylor, H.F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

10-14 July 1991

Firstpage

589

Abstract

A novel microwave optoelectronic mixer was fabricated on semi-insulating GaAs by monolithically integrating Schottky diode photodetectors into a microstrip ring resonator. Resistive mixing occurs when the conductance of the detector is modulated, and parametric amplification occurs when the capacitive reactance of the detector is modulated. The mixer shows very good potential for application in wideband fiber optic systems.<>

Keywords

frequency convertors; microwave parametric amplifiers; mixers (circuits); optical communication equipment; photodetectors; resonators; strip line components; GaAs; Schottky diode photodetectors; capacitive reactance; microstrip ring resonator; microwave optoelectronic signals; optoelectronic mixer; parametric amplification; parametric up-conversion; resistive mixing; wideband fiber optic systems; Coupling circuits; Detectors; Feeds; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Microstrip resonators; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Q factor; Schottky diodes;

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.1991.147071

Filename

147071