Title :
Comment on "Wavelength controlled photonic true time delay for wide-band applications"
Author_Institution :
Photonic Inf. Process. Syst. Lab., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
For original paper see Raz et al., ibid., vol.17, no.5, p.1076 (2005). Recently, motivated by wide-band radio frequency antenna control applications, Raz proposed and demonstrated a wavelength controlled photonic true time delay (TTD) line based on a single thin-film wavelength-division multiplexer. Nabeel comments on this paper.
Keywords :
delays; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; wavelength division multiplexing; photonic true time delay; variable delay line; wavelength-division multiplexer; wide-band radio frequency antenna control; Broadband antennas; Delay effects; Optical control; Phased arrays; Propagation delay; Radio control; Radio frequency; Transistors; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wideband;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.859367