The aim of this thesis is to develop a bidirectional millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber system. The proposed system is based on the use of a p-i-n photodiode as an optoelectronic mixer. A theoretical study coupled with a non-linear and wideband photodiode characterization allows modeling of the photodiode mixing process. Then, the developed photodiode model was used to optimize the optoelectronic mixer efficiency and finally, to optimize the complete radio-over-fiber system efficiency. Experimental measurement has been made to check the compliance of the developed system with the specifications of the ECMA 387 standard that is proposed for the use of the 60 GHz frequency band. Measurement complies with the standard for at least the first data rates (394 Mb/s and 794 Mb/s).
