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Direct optical‐to‐microwave domain conversion
Author(s) -
Haridim M.,
Hachamo Y. Z.,
Lembrikov B. I.,
Mechani O.,
BenEzra Y.,
Podevin F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.21337
Subject(s) - microwave , amplitude shift keying , keying , microstrip , substrate (aquarium) , optoelectronics , electronic engineering , materials science , optics , telecommunications , engineering , physics , phase shift keying , bit error rate , channel (broadcasting) , oceanography , geology
A novel method for direct conversion of optical signals into microwave signals is proposed. This method is based on the optical controlling of microwave devices. The feasibility of the proposed method is experimentally proved for a microstrip line implemented on Si substrate. We present experimental results for conversion of on‐off keying (OOK) optical signals to binary amplitude‐shift keying (ASK) microwave signals. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 320–322, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21337