| 摘要 |
An optical to radio frequency detector comprising an optical guide (11 to 14) for receiving two optical signal components having frequencies that differ by an amount corresponding to a radio frequency, and a radio signal guide (15, 16) coupled with an interaction zone (14) of the optical guide for propagating a radio signal from the interaction zone at the radio frequency. The interaction zone (14) of the optical guide comprises an interaction material presenting a second-order non-linear optical polarisation characteristic to the propagation of the optical signal components, and the radio signal guide (15, 16) is in travelling-wave coupling with the interaction zone. The interaction material includes electrically orientated diazobenzene. <??>The radio signal guide (15, 16) comprises an electrically conductive strip (15) juxtaposed with and extending along the interaction zone (14) on one side thereof and an electrically conductive ground plane (16) juxtaposed with and extending along the interaction zone (14) on an opposite side thereof. <IMAGE> |
