Advanced components for microwave photonics

Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz; Ola Gunnarsson; Mikhail Popov; Walter Margulis; Ingemar Petermann; David Berlemont; Fredrik Carlsson

doi:10.1117/12.472706

15 April 2003 Advanced components for microwave photonics

Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz, Ola Gunnarsson, Mikhail Popov, Walter Margulis, Ingemar Petermann, David Berlemont, Fredrik Carlsson

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Proceedings Volume 4943, Fiber-based Component Fabrication, Testing, and Connectorization; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472706
Event: Photonics Fabrication Europe, 2002, Bruges, Belgium

Abstract

This persentation gives an overveiw of the field of microwave photonics with an emphasis on new fiber based devices which we belive have a real practical potential. Microwave photonics can be considered as the fruitful meeting point bewteen optics and microwave engineering, where optoelectronic devices and systems are used both for processing at microwave rates and for signal handling in microwave systems. The use of specialty fibers, glass poling and naturally fiber Bragg gratings opens new perspectives for the realization of low-cost devices with appropriate functionality. The application field for optical microwave transmission and processing spans from radar technology to cable TV and mobile communications systems. Over the last few years very much attention has been directed towards radio-over-fiber systems for the next-generation mobile communications infrastructure as well as hybrid fiber radio for picocell systems at 60 GHz or above. As a matter of fact, the higher the microwave frequencies, the greater are the similarities with the optical carrier and the more there is to be gained by processing the microwave signal in the optical domain. Other important application examples are beamforming networks for phased array antennas and subcarrier processing for routing in optical networks.

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Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz, Ola Gunnarsson, Mikhail Popov, Walter Margulis, Ingemar Petermann, David Berlemont, and Fredrik Carlsson "Advanced components for microwave photonics", Proc. SPIE 4943, Fiber-based Component Fabrication, Testing, and Connectorization, (15 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472706

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