{"title":"High temperature superconducting MM-wave photomixers","authors":"C. Stevens, David Edwards","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889832","url":null,"abstract":"High temperature superconducting photomixers have been fabricated using simple lithographic techniques. Their performance matches that expected from a hot electron model. These devices may provide the basis for optoelectronic phase distribution between receivers for astronomy and remote sensing. They may also bring significant benefits to simplify RF imaging technologies by providing a simple route to integrated, optically driven, phased arrays.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121161937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An X-band balanced optical hybrid mixer for /spl mu/-wave optical interconnect in active phased array radar and communication systems","authors":"S. Banejee, U. Goebel, P. Nuchter","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889822","url":null,"abstract":"In the following paper an X-band hybrid electro optical mixer for a photonic microwave receiver is described. The application of balanced hybrid mixer in phased array radar, communication system and ESM receivers will reduce overall loss and hence the cumulative noise figure of the system and thus enhance the spurious free dynamic range of the receiver.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124117239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photonic differential delay beam forming network for phased-array antennas","authors":"C. Belisle, C. Delisle, J. Oldham","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889792","url":null,"abstract":"A technique combining photonic and microwave technologies is proposed for phased-array beam steering. Performance results of a prototype implementation are given. The approach, based on a differential delay line network, significantly reduces the complexity of the phase weighting mechanism and the Tx/Rx modules by performing signal conditioning and phase weighting in the central processor.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117105184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Wilson, P. Sample, A. Johnstone, M. F. Lewis, Dera, St Andrews, Worcs Malvem
{"title":"Phased array antenna beamforming using a micromachined silicon spatial light modulator","authors":"R. Wilson, P. Sample, A. Johnstone, M. F. Lewis, Dera, St Andrews, Worcs Malvem","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889776","url":null,"abstract":"We describe an RF/microwave/MM-wave free-space optical phased array antenna beamformer operating at 10 GHz in transmission or reception with reconfiguration speed of 30 kHz through the use of a micromachined silicon phase Spatial Light Modulator (SLM).","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115850762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M.S. Islam, T. Jung, T. Itoh, M. Wu, D. Sivco, Y. Cho
{"title":"Velocity-matched distributed photodetectors with p-i-n photodiodes","authors":"M.S. Islam, T. Jung, T. Itoh, M. Wu, D. Sivco, Y. Cho","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889827","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the first demonstration of velocity-matched distributed p-i-n photodetectors. A record high linear DC photocurrent of 45 mA has been achieved without suffering from thermal damage, thanks to the superior power handling capability of p-i-n photodiodes. The frequency response is flat from 1 GHz to 35 GHz.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"254 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115858665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kiyoto Takahata, Yoshifimi Muramoto, Seiji Fukushima, Tomofiuni Furuta, H. Ito
{"title":"Monolithically integrated millimeter-wave photonic emitter for 60-GHz fiber-radio applications","authors":"Kiyoto Takahata, Yoshifimi Muramoto, Seiji Fukushima, Tomofiuni Furuta, H. Ito","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889830","url":null,"abstract":"A uni-traveling-carrier refracting-facet photodiode, a short-stub bias circuit, and a patch antenna were monolithically integrated to make a compact and low-cost millimeter-wave photonic emitter for fiber-radio applications. The device emits the maximum effective radiation power of 17/spl plusmn/3 dBm at 60 GHz.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125297021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optical subcarrier multiplexing system using time sampling multiplexer to suppress optical beat interference","authors":"Y. Shoji, H. Ogawa","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889782","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an optical subcarrier multiplexing system that uses optical sampling multiplexer to suppress optical beat interference in an up-link. This type of interference can be dramatically suppressed without distorting the signal by replacing the passive coupler-based multiplexer in a conventional subcarrier multiplexing system with our proposed time sampling multiplexer. We discuss from theoretical viewpoints the effect of our proposed multiplexer on the BER, CNR and CIR performance.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133719285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photodiode compression due to current-dependent capacitance","authors":"K. Williams, P. Goetz","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889828","url":null,"abstract":"We present photodetector compression measurements and simulations to demonstrate the consequences of absorption in undepleted regions of p-i-n photodiodes. Specifically, this absorption can cause compression when operated above a few milliamps due to a current-dependent capacitance.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133320801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Shin, G.L. Li, C. Sun, S. Pappert, W.S.C. Chang, P. Yu
{"title":"Performance of the electroabsorption modulator as an integrated optoelectronic mixer for RF frequency conversion","authors":"D. Shin, G.L. Li, C. Sun, S. Pappert, W.S.C. Chang, P. Yu","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889789","url":null,"abstract":"We present the performance of the multiple-quantum-well and Franz-Keldysh electroabsorption waveguides as an integrated photodetector/mixer for frequency conversion of RF signals. The InAsP/GaInP multiple-quantum-well waveguide exhibits a low phase noise and large SFDR conversion.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115254979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of ASE on phase noise in LMDS incorporating optical fibre backbones","authors":"C. Lim, A. Nirmalathas, D. Novak, R. Waterhouse","doi":"10.1109/MWP.2000.889809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP.2000.889809","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the impact of ASE on the phase noise in LMDS incorporating optically amplified transport links. ASE noise is found to dominate and significantly increase the phase noise of the received RF signal after transmission over >70 km of optical fibre. This effect is also demonstrated in a transmission experiment with 4 MHz 16 QAM data at 28 GHz.","PeriodicalId":354312,"journal":{"name":"International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics MWP 2000 (Cat. No.00EX430)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116044663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}