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
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