Generation Of Microwave Frequency Mixing By Means Of Photoinduced Load

Abstract

In the wide field of interactions between microwaves and optics, the optical control of microwave components ibecomes more and more promising, since it allows a new generation of microwave devices, with a high isolation between the controlling optical signal and the controlled microwave one. These optical microwave planar components are new in the way that they are tunable thanks to the optical power. We present here results on new applications of the optical control of microwave devices, which stand in the microwave frequency mixing.