{"title":"Optoelectronic devices for unbiased microwave switching","authors":"J. L. Freeman, S. Ray, D. West, A. Thompson","doi":"10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188073","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The authors describe two simple microwave switches controlled by a weak optical beam. They are suitable for connecting microwave elements where electrical bias is not possible. Results from two devices are presented: a surface-depleted, gateless, optical FET; and a FET controlled by an integrated photovoltaic diode. Insertion losses of 3 dB and isolations of 20 dB were obtained up to 5.6 GHz with an optical power of 1 mW.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165665,"journal":{"name":"1992 IEEE Microwave Symposium Digest MTT-S","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"13","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"1992 IEEE Microwave Symposium Digest MTT-S","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188073","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The authors describe two simple microwave switches controlled by a weak optical beam. They are suitable for connecting microwave elements where electrical bias is not possible. Results from two devices are presented: a surface-depleted, gateless, optical FET; and a FET controlled by an integrated photovoltaic diode. Insertion losses of 3 dB and isolations of 20 dB were obtained up to 5.6 GHz with an optical power of 1 mW.<>