Photonic radio frequency mixer using metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors

Bing Li; Lei Lin; Suning Tang; Yujie Liu; Ray T. Chen

doi:10.1117/1.1385165

1 July 2001 Photonic radio frequency mixer using metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors

Bing Li, Lei Lin, Suning Tang, Yujie Liu, Ray T. Chen

Optical Engineering, Vol. 40, Issue 7, (July 2001). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1385165

We report the concept for a device to simplify the receiver in fiber-optic radio frequency (RF) transmission systems. We present a photonic RF mixer based on metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetectors, by a brief theoretical analysis of the principle and performance of the device. The experimental result shows good agreement with the calculation. Our experiment demonstrated mixer conversion efficiency of -12 dB, and we conclude that -10 dB is achievable in optimum operational conditions.

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Bing Li, Lei Lin, Suning Tang, Yujie Liu, and Ray T. Chen "Photonic radio frequency mixer using metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors," Optical Engineering 40(7), (1 July 2001). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1385165

Published: 1 July 2001

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