Photonics Circuits Technology for RF Photonics Systems
Abstract
Optical transmission of analog RF signals is potentially useful in a number of applications including RF distribution systems. Such systems can be used in commercial CATV and wireless communications and in military communication and radar systems. With compatible components used at transmitters and receivers, analog fiber optic links suffer much less performance degradation than conventional coaxial cable links as the system bandwidth increases. In the first year program we studied large Optical Cavity waveguide modulator design and demonstrated a low optical insertion loss waveguide modulator at 1.34 microns wavelength (as low as 8 dB w/o AR coating). This design is based Upon the matching of the mode profile of the fiber and the modulator waveguides. The design is extended to 1.55 microns wavelength. We also demonstrated a novel scheme of bias-tracking of the electroabsorption waveguide modulator. The scheme is based upon the photocurrent generated at the modulator. Effective tracking is obtained as the polarization, wavelength (or ambient temperature), and power of the input light are varied. Experimental evidence was obtained for a combined Franz-Keldysh effect and Quantum Confined Stark Effect modulator for a large multi-octave spurious free dynamic range. Low loss planar photoelastic waveguide on both InP and GaAs substrates was achieved.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA384486
Entities
People
- A. R. Clawson
- G. L. Li
- Paul K. L. Yu
- S. S. Lau
- W. X. Chen
Organizations
- University of California, San Diego