First demonstration of a high power, wide band microwave amplifier based upon an optically coupled transistor

Author

Ayling, S.G. ; Chidley, E.T.R. ; Evans, M.R. ; Wight, D.R. ; Allenson, M.B. ; Hilton, ICP ; Smith, G.W. ; Roberts, J.S.

Author_Institution

Defence Evaluation Res. Agency, Great Malvern, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

39

Abstract

We demonstrate a microwave amplifier intrinsically broadband matched to 50 Ω consisting of a ten element series connected laser diode array and parallel connected photodiode array delivering nearly 200 mW RF with low noise and distortion

Keywords

impedance matching; integrated optoelectronics; laser beam applications; microwave links; microwave photonics; microwave power amplifiers; optical communication equipment; photodiodes; semiconductor laser arrays; wideband amplifiers; broadband matching; high power microwave amplifier; low distortion; low noise; optical fibre RF transmission; optically coupled transistor; parallel connected photodiode array; series connected laser diode array; ten element laser diode array; wideband microwave amplifier; Broadband amplifiers; Diode lasers; High power amplifiers; Low-noise amplifiers; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave antenna arrays; Optical arrays; Photodiodes; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Semiconductor laser arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 1999. MWP '99. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5558-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.1999.819647

Filename

819647