Experimental investigation of fiber optic microwave link with monolithic integrated optoelectronic mixing receiver

Author

Liu, Qing Z. ; Davies, Robert ; MacDonald, R. Ian

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Res. Labs., Edmonton, Alta.,, Canada

Volume

43

Issue

9

fYear

1995

fDate

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2357

Lastpage

2360

Abstract

A fiber optic microwave link with a monolithic integrated optoelectronic mixing receiver (OEM) is demonstrated experimentally. The OEM consists of a GaAs metal semiconductor metal photodetector (MSM-PD) mixer and a MESFET transimpedance preamplifier. By modulating the bias of the MSM-PD with an electrical local oscillator, the information signals on an optical carrier are detected and converted to a desired electrical frequency simultaneously. Experimental results of a fiber optic microwave link with the OEM as a frequency up-converter are shown and the potential application of the OEM in fiber optic millimeter wave links is discussed

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; microwave links; mixers (circuits); optical fibre communication; optical receivers; GaAs; GaAs MSM photodetector; MESFET transimpedance preamplifier; OEIC; electrical local oscillator; fiber optic microwave link; frequency upconverter; millimeter wave links; monolithic integrated optoelectronic mixing receiver; Gallium arsenide; Integrated optoelectronics; Local oscillators; MESFETs; Mixers; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Photodetectors; Preamplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.414588

Filename

414588