在高频的微波光子学研究的领域中,光载无线(RoF)技术已经成为下一代宽带无线通信技术的发展热点。近年来,支撑RoF技术的新型光电子器件的关键技术有毫米波副载波光学产生技术和接收技术,其中包括外调制器方法、射频上转换法、光学外差法、毫米波调制光脉冲发生器等等。这些技术的突破将促进RoF技术市场化的步伐。
In the research of high-frequency microwave photonics, Radio over Fiber (RoF) technology has become the hot spot in the next generation broadband wireless communication technologies. The key technologies of novel photoelectron elements to support RoF are optical generations and receivers technologies for millimeter wave subcarrier, including external modulator method, radio frequency up-conversion method self-heterodyne method, generator of optical pulse self-modulation, and so on. These technologies will contribute to the RoF technology breakthrough in the speed of application.