Electronics Letters · 1997 · 79 citations · 6 references
EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringMicroelectronicsOptoelectronicsWireless CommunicationsCommunication SystemsModulationOptical Communication SystemsOptical ModulatorsRadio-frequency Integrated CircuitsWireless NetworksElectroabsorption ModulationElectroabsorption ModulatorsIntegrated Passive DevicesPassive Network DesignRadio Frequency TransceiversTransceiver ArchitecturesTransceiver DesignWireless Data Transmission
A completely passive radio access point for future high capacity, short range wireless networks has been demonstrated. This concept is based on a single component, an unbiased electroabsorption modulator, which acts as a passive transceiver at the remote side of an analogue optical link.
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