Microwave photonic links : components and circuits /

• Main Author: Rumelhard, Christian
• Other Authors: Algani, Catherine, Billabert, Anne-Laure
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : ISTE ; [2011]; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, [2011]
• Subjects: Optical communications > Equipment and supplies.; Microwave communication systems > Equipment and supplies.; Telecommunication > Switching systems.; Photonics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Microwaves.; Optical communications / Equipment and supplies.; Microwave communication systems / Equipment and supplies.; Telecommunication / Switching systems.; Electronic books.

 This book presents the electrical models for the different elements of a photonic microwave link like lasers, external modulators, optical fibers, photodiodes and phototransistors. The future trends of these components are also introduced: lasers to VCSEL, external modulators to electro-absorption modulators, glass optical fibers to plastic optical fibers, photodiodes to UTC photodiodes or phototransistors. It also describes an original methodology to evaluate the performance of a microwave photonic link, based on the developed elcetrical models, that can be easily incorporated in commercial electrical circuits simulation software to simulate this complete link. 

 General points -- Generation and modulation of light -- Optical fibers and amplifiers -- Photodetectors -- Performance of microwave photonic links -- Complement to microwave photonic link performances -- Electronic amplifiers in microwave photonic links -- Simulation and measurement of microwave photonic links -- Bibliography -- Index.