A low-loss Ku-band directly modulated fibre-optic link

Author

Ackerman, E. ; Kasemset, D. ; Wanuga, S. ; Boudreau, R. ; Schlafer, J. ; Lauer, R.

Author_Institution

General Electric Electron. Lab., Syracuse, NY, USA

Volume

3

Issue

2

fYear

1991

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

187

Abstract

By optimizing electrooptic transducer gains, a Ku-band fiber-optic link that suffers only 12.6 dB of insertion loss at 12 GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth of 800 MHz was developed. The broad dynamic range (79.4 dB-MHz) exhibited by the link can be exploited in a number of analog communications applications where the small size, light weight, flexibility, and electromagnetic interference immunity of optical fibers are most desired. These applications include satellite communications systems, local area networks, and active phased-array harnesses.<>

Keywords

microwave links; optical links; optical losses; optical modulation; 12 GHz; 12.6 dB; 800 MHz; Ku-band directly modulated fibre-optic link; active phased-array harnesses; analog communications applications; bandwidth; broad dynamic range; electromagnetic interference immunity; electrooptic transducer gains; flexibility; insertion loss; light weight; local area networks; low-loss; microwave optical link; optical fibers; satellite communications systems; small size; Bandwidth; Dynamic range; Electromagnetic interference; Insertion loss; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Satellite communication; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.76884

Filename

76884