RF Photonic Technology in Optical Fiber Links

List of contributors Introduction and preface 1. Figures of merit and performance analysis of photonic microwave links Charles Cox and William S. C. Chang 2. RF subcarrier links in local access networks Xiaolin Lu 3. Analog modulation of semiconductor lasers Joachim Piprek and John E. Bowers 4. LiNbO3 external modulators and their use in high performance analog links Gary E. Betts 5. Broadband traveling wave modulators in LiNbO3 Marta M. Howerton and William K. Burns 6. Multiple quantum well electroabsorption modulators for RF photonic links William S. C. Chang 7. Polymer modulators for RF photonics Timothy Van Eck 8. Photodiodes for high performance analog links P. K. L. Yu and Ming C. Wu 9. Opto-electronic oscillators X. Steve Yao 10. Photonic link techniques for microwave frequency conversion Stephen A. Pappert, Roger Helkey and Ronald T. Logan Jr 11. Antenna-coupled millimeter-wave electro-optical modulators William B. Bridges 12. System design and performance of wideband photonic phased array antennas Greg L. Tangonan, Willie Ng, Daniel Yap and Ron Stephens Acknowledgements References Index.