• DocumentCode
    3002129
  • Title

    Optical Control of Microwave Phase

  • Author

    Currie, Marc ; Lou, Janet W. ; Vurgaftman, Igor

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Lab., Washington
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The detected phase of a microwave signal modulated on an optical carrier can be modified by driving the photodetector into saturation. We demonstrate a phase change of ~60 degrees at 20 GHz.
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; optical control; photodetectors; frequency 20 GHz; microwave phase; microwave signal modulation; optical carrier; optical control; phase detection; photodetector; Masers; Microwave devices; Optical control; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Phase detection; Phase modulation; Photodetectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452433
  • Filename
    4452433