Title :
Electro-absorption modulator integrated laser application to a cube satellite earth station
Author :
Fukushima, Shinya ; Miura, Naruhisa ; Shimaki, Takayuki ; Yamashita, Katsumi ; Funasako, Taishi ; Hachino, Tomohiro ; Igarashi, Yoichiro
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Kagoshima Univ., Kagoshima, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Because of mission extensions, a cube satellite uses several frequencies and its earth station suffers from cabling around antennas. We report an earth station employing an electro-absorption modulator integrated laser in a RoF system.
Keywords :
Earth; artificial satellites; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; laser beam applications; radio-over-fibre; satellite antennas; cube satellite Earth station; electro-absorption modulator integrated laser; frequency division multiplexed RoF system; Earth; Frequency division multiplexing; Modulation; RF signals; Radio frequency; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600454
