Title :
Wide bandwidth, high-repetition-rate optoelectronic modulation of millimetre waves in GaAs waveguide
Author :
Li, Ming G. ; Cao, Wei L. ; Mathur, Veerendra K. ; Lee, Chi H.
Author_Institution :
University of Maryland, Electrical Engineering Department, College Park, USA
Abstract :
The generation of ultrashort, chirped and coherent millimetre-wave pulses by an optical method is reported. Using this technique, the modulation of millimetre-wave signals at 94 GHz with a modulation bandwidth in excess of 1 GHz is readily achievable.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; amplitude modulation; dielectric waveguides; laser beam effects; microwave generation; phase modulation; photoelectric devices; solid-state microwave devices; 94 GHz; GaAs waveguide; chirped MM wave pulse generation; millimetre waves; modulation bandwidth; optoelectronic modulation; ultrashort coherent MM wave pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820309
