Title :
Microwave characterisation of optically illuminated silicon
Author :
Gamlath, C.D. ; Benton, D. ; Cryan, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents an investigation into the use of photoconductive silicon for controlling microwave circuits. Initial experiments show that significant changes in the S21 characteristics of a 9 GHz silicon end coupled filter can be implemented. The results are compared against an equivalent copper conductivity.
Keywords :
filters; microwave circuits; optical conductivity; photoconducting materials; silicon; equivalent copper conductivity; microwave characterisation; microwave circuits; optically illuminated silicon; photoconductive silicon; silicon end coupled filter; Lighting; Microwave circuits; Microwave filters; Microwave oscillators; Microwave photonics; Optical resonators; Silicon; filter; microwave; photoconductivity; resonator; silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253782
