Optical Downconversion from Millimeter-Wave to IF-Band over 50-km-Long Optical Fiber Link Using an Electroabsorption Modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-289

  Kitayama, K I ^a   Griffin, R A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption device; Fiber optics; Millimeter wave frequency conversion; Modulation demodulation; Subcarrier multiplexing; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL LINKS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0033079520     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.740732     Document Type: Article

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