Millimetre-wave bandwidth electroabsorption modulators and transceivers

Author

Stöhr, Andreas ; Heinzelmann, Robert ; Jäger, Dieter

Author_Institution

Gerhard-Mercator-Univ., Duisburg, Germany

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

125

Lastpage

128

Abstract

This paper reports on high-speed electroabsorption modulators (EAMs) tailored for analogue fibre-optic microwave and millimetre-wave (mm-wave) transmission. Important device issues of broadband lumped and travelling-wave (TW) EAMs are discussed. Additionally, the concept of a lumped EAM with an impedance tuning circuitry is presented for mm-wave narrow-band wireless applications. Further focus is laid upon a multifunctional millimetre-wave electroabsorption transceiver (EAT) that not only acts as a conventional modulator but can simultaneously be employed as a photodetector and an optoelectronic mixer (EATX)

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; transceivers; analogue fibre optic transmission; broadband lumped EAM; electroabsorption modulator; electroabsorption transceiver; impedance tuning; microwave transmission; millimetre-wave transmission; optoelectronic mixer; photodetector; travelling wave EAM; Bandwidth; Capacitance; Chirp modulation; Circuits; Impedance; Microwave devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical waveguides; Radio frequency; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Oxford

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6455-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2000.889803

Filename

889803