Microwave fiber-optic downconverter

Author

von Helmolt, C.H. ; Krüger, U. ; Krüger, K.

Author_Institution

Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany

fYear

1997

Firstpage

357

Lastpage

358

Abstract

In future mobile broadband communication systems, optical fiber will be an attractive means of connecting the mobile switching centre (MSG) with the base stations. In the uplink configuration a downconversion of the microwave signal by mixing is required, which might be attractive to be done optically. We demonstrate experimentally the downconverter function of a mode-locked laser (MLL) with an optical intensity modulator and a photodetector (PD) in the uplink configuration

Keywords

broadband networks; electro-optical modulation; laser mode locking; microwave links; microwave mixers; mobile communication; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; photodetectors; semiconductor lasers; base stations; downconverter function; microwave fiber-optic downconverter; microwave signal downconversion; mobile broadband communication systems; mobile switching centre; mode-locked laser; optical fiber; optical intensity modulator; photodetector; uplink configuration; Base stations; Broadband communication; Communication switching; Fiber lasers; Joining processes; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

1-55752-480-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1997.719961

Filename

719961