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Optimisation of a device for pick-up of low-frequency radio signals and transmission over polymer optical fibres

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The development of passive (without RF amplifier) and optimised VHF-detector/optical-modulator circuit module as a device for operation in the 88–108 MHz band will be described in this paper. It uses illumination-type light-emitting diodes (LEDs) emitting at 650 nm as the light source, coupled with poly(methyl methacrylate) polymer optical fibre. Reactive impedance matching is performed between the optoelectronic light source and the antenna by taking into account the some capacitance variation with the frequency of the antenna and of the biased LED, not resolved with the packaging parasitic effects. The relatively simple device presented here and named wireless-over-polymer optical fibre may be useful in many low-frequency radio-over-fibre applications and may contribute to energy savings.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Luca Callegaro of Istitute Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy for fruitful discussions and the Brazilian agencies CNPq/MCT, Capes/MEC and Faperj for the financial support of this research. One of the authors (Ricardo M. Ribeiro) would like to thank the granted Post-Doctoral fellowship of Capes/MEC under contract number BEX 9096/11-6.

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    Ricardo M. Ribeiro, Andrés P. L. Barbero & Odair S. Xavier

  2. Centro de Estudos em Telecomunicações, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22.453-900, Brasil

    Jorge A. M. Souza & Marbey M. Mosso

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Ribeiro, R.M., Barbero, A.P.L., Xavier, O.S. et al. Optimisation of a device for pick-up of low-frequency radio signals and transmission over polymer optical fibres. Ann. Telecommun. 68, 81–93 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-012-0345-4

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