DocumentCode
1778325
Title
Microwave photonic links based on transistor lasers: Voltage modulation versus current modulation
Author
Iezekiel, Stavros ; Christou, Alex
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
fYear
2014
fDate
20-23 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
89
Lastpage
92
Abstract
A three-port microwave photonic S-parameter formalism is developed and applied to the small-signal analysis of the transistor laser. This is then used to investigate the relationship between slope efficiency and link gain for microwave photonic links based on transistor lasers, for the two distinct cases of collector-emitter voltage modulation and base current modulation.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical links; phototransistors; base current modulation; collector-emitter voltage modulation; link gain; microwave photonic links; slope efficiency; small-signal analysis; three-port microwave photonic S-parameter formalism; transistor lasers; Masers; Microwave circuits; Microwave photonics; Microwave transistors; Modulation; Transistors; analog links; direct modulation; microwave photonic links; transistor laser;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Photonics (MWP) and the 2014 9th Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference (APMP), 2014 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location
Sapporo
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWP.2014.6994498
Filename
6994498
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