MMIC compatible lightwave-microwave mixing technique

Author

Paolella, A. ; Malone, S. ; Berceli, T. ; Herczfeld, P.R.

Author_Institution

US Army Res. Lab, Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1995

fDate

3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

518

Lastpage

522

Abstract

The work presented here concerns the mixing of a microwave signal with a modulated optical signal in a MESFET. A brief theoretical analysis of the mixing mechanism is given in terms of the input signal parameters and device characteristics. Experimental results for the IF response of the MESFET as a function of RF frequency, incident optical power, optical modulation depth and gate bias voltage are shown. The IF response and the noise figure of the MESFET below 700 MHz were smaller than those of a p-i-n detector/Schottky mixer combination

Keywords

MESFET integrated circuits; MMIC frequency convertors; MMIC mixers; field effect MMIC; integrated circuit noise; optical modulation; IF response; MESFET; MMICs; RF frequency; device characteristics; gate bias voltage; incident optical power; input signal parameters; lightwave-microwave mixing technique; microwave signal down-conversion; microwave signal up-conversion; modulated optical signal; noise figure; optical modulation depth; MESFETs; MMICs; Microwave devices; Noise figure; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.372095

Filename

372095