Title :
Microwave performance of nonlinear optoelectronic microstrip ring resonator
Author :
Gopalakrishnan, G.K. ; Yeh, C.L. ; Park, C.S. ; Chang, Kuo-Pin ; Weichold, M.H. ; Taylor, H.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Difference and sum frequency generation at frequencies from 0 to 14 GHz has been obtained by mixing of a microwave local oscillator and a modulated optical carrier in a microstrip ring resonator with Schottky contacts on a semi-insulating GaAs substrate.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Schottky-barrier diodes; gallium arsenide; integrated optoelectronics; mixers (circuits); optical communication equipment; photodetectors; solid-state microwave devices; strip line components; 0 to 14 GHz; GaAs; Schottky contacts; difference frequency generation; microstrip ring resonator; microwave local oscillator; microwave performance; modulated optical carrier; nonlinear optoelectronic type; semi-insulating GaAs substrate; semiconductor substrate; sum frequency generation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910081
