• DocumentCode
    1423661
  • Title

    Microphotonic millimetre-wave receiver architecture

  • Author

    Cohen, D.A. ; Levi, A.F.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    1/4/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    37
  • Lastpage
    39
  • Abstract
    A new microphotonic millimetre-wave receiver architecture with direct electrical-to-optical conversion is presented. The receiver uses high-Q RF and microphotonic electro-optic resonators which are operated in simultaneous resonance. Numerical simulations indicate that efficient modulation of an optical carrier at RF in the millimetre-wave range can be realised
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave receivers; optical communication equipment; optical resonators; direct electrical-to-optical conversion; efficient modulation; high-Q RF resonators; indoor wireless communication; microphotonic MM-wave receiver architecture; microphotonic electro-optic resonators; millimetre-wave receiver architecture; optical carrier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20010038
  • Filename
    894351