14.6-GHz LiNbO/sub 3/ microdisk photonic self-homodyne RF receiver
- Creators
- Hossein-Zadeh, Mani
- Levi, Anthony F. J.
Abstract
Nonlinear optical modulation combined with simultaneous photonic and RF resonance in an LiNbO/sub 3/ microdisk modulator is used to create a self-homodyne photonic RF receiver. Carrier and sidebands are mixed in the optical domain, and the modulated optical signal is detected using a photodetector. The photodetector has a bandwidth matched to the baseband signal. It filters out the high-frequency components and generates the baseband photocurrent. Receiver operation is demonstrated by demodulating up to 100-Mb/s digital data from a 14.6-GHz carrier frequency without any high-speed electronic components. A bit error rate of 10/sup -9/ is measured for 10-Mb/s downconverted digital data at -15-dBm received RF power. Preliminary results of employing this photonic RF receiver in a short-distance Ku-band wireless link demonstrate the potential of using high-quality optical microresonators in RF receiver applications.
Additional Information
© Copyright 2006 IEEE. Reprinted with permission. Manuscript received April 1, 2005; revised August 9, 2005. This work was supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The authors would like to thank I. Gheorma, for his help with patch antenna design and testing.Files
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2006-04-10Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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