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Optoelectronic RF Signal Mixing Using an Electroabsorption Waveguide as an Integrated Photodetector/Mixer

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http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/68/17830/00823514.pdf?isnumber=17830&prod=JNL&arnumber=823514&arSt=193&ared=195&arAuthor=Shin%2C+D.S.%3B+Li%2C+G.L.%3B+Sun%2C+C.K.%3B+Pappert%2C+S.A.%3B+Loi%2C+K.K.%3B+Chang%2C+W.S.C.%3B+Yu%2C+P.K.L.
Abstract

We demonstrate for the first time an electroabsorption (EA) waveguide utilized as an integrated photodetector/mixer for frequency conversion of radio frequency signals, through field-controlled absorption. Using an InAsP–GaInP multiple- quantum-well EA waveguide, a conversion loss of 18.9 dB was obtained at 10-mW optical local oscillator (LO) power, and a suboctave, two-tone spur-free dynamic range of 120.0 dB-Hz4/5 was measured for an up-converted signal at 1.9 GHz. This scheme can be useful in antenna applications where optical LO signal distribution is used for frequency converting microwave signals.

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