Microwave Photonic Links (Repost)

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.Content: Chapter 1 General Points (pages 1–14): Chapter 2 Generation and Modulation of Light (pages 15–91): Chapter 3 Optical Fibers and Amplifiers (pages 93–135): Chapter 4 Photodetectors (pages 137–192): Chapter 5 Performance of Microwave Photonic Links (pages 193–266): Chapter 6 Complement to Microwave Photonic Link Performances (pages 267–287): Chapter 7 Electronic Amplifiers in Microwave Photonic Links (pages 289–320): Chapter 8 Simulation and Measurement of Microwave Photonic Links (pages 321–366):