SOA-EAM frequency up/down-converters for 60-GHz Bi-directional radio-on-fiber systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 959-966

  Seo, Jun Hyuk ^a   Choi, Chang Soon ^a,b   Kang, Young Shik ^c,d   Chung, Yong Duck ^c   Kim, Jeha ^c,d   Choi, Woo Young ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^d Integrated Optical Source Team ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption modulator (EAM); Frequency conversion; Millimeter wave communication; Optical mixers; Optical modulation; Radio on fiber (RoF) system; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR (EAM); FREQUENCY CONVERSION; MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL MIXERS; RADIO-ON-FIBER (ROF) SYSTEM; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

LIGHT MODULATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTODETECTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VECTORS;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 33144471939     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.863028     Document Type: Article

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