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.
Preface xiii
Abbrevation Glossary xvii
Chapter 1 General Points 1
1.1. Microwave photonic links 1
1.2. Link description 4
1.3. Signal to transmit 5
1.4. Limitations of microwave photonic links 7
1.5. The components and characteristics of microwave photonic links 13
Chapter 2 Generation and Modulation of Light 15
2.1. Laser 15
2.2. Electro-optic modulator: EOM 49
2.3. Electro-absorption modulator: EAM 75
Chapter 3 Optical Fibers and Amplifiers 93
3.1. Optical fibers 93
3.2. Optical amplifiers 118
3.3. Appendix: modal analysis of propagation in a fiber 122
Chapter 4 Photodetectors 137
4.1. Photodetector definition 137
4.2. Photodiodes 138
4.3. Phototransistors 163
4.4. Appendix 184
Chapter 5 Performance of Microwave Photonic L
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