D-fibre antenna for microcellular mobile communication systems

Author

Al-Raweshidy, H.S. ; Muhammad, F.A. ; Senior, J.M.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Networks Res., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK

Volume

143

Issue

6

fYear

1996

fDate

12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

370

Lastpage

374

Abstract

The paper describes and presents measurements taken on a novel D-fibre interferometric antenna used to detect RF signals. These results were acquired using a D-fibre coated with polyvinylidene fluoride homopolymer (PVDF). A sensitivity of 1.7 μrad/V/m per metre is demonstrated for a coated fibre of length 10 cm with 100 μm thickness of PVDF. The antenna, made by coating D-fibre, produces less radial resonance than using coated circularly symmetric fibre. In addition, a D-fibre antenna network is analysed and the maximum number of sensors is predicted for a particular sensitivity requirement. The D-fibre antenna network has a potential application in microcellular mobile communications to minimise the intermodulation noise and relative intensity noise associated with the laser diode

Keywords

cellular radio; fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; microwave antennas; mobile communication; optical fibre cladding; optical films; sensitivity; 10 cm; 100 mum; D-fibre antenna; D-fibre antenna network; D-fibre coating; D-fibre interferometric antenna; RF signal detection; coated circularly symmetric fibre; coated fibre; fibre optic sensors; intermodulation noise; laser diode; microcellular mobile communication systems; polyvinylidene fluoride homopolymer; radial resonance; relative intensity noise; sensitivity; sensitivity requirement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2433

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-opt:19960697

Filename

581119