Title :
Novel ring resonator-based optical beamformer for broadband phased array receive antennas
Author :
Zhuang, L. ; Meijerink, A. ; Roeloffzen, C.G.H. ; Marpaung, D.A.I. ; Heideman, R.G. ; Hoekman, M. ; Leinse, A. ; van Etten, W.
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Eng. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede
Abstract :
A squint-free, continuously tunable optical beamformer system for phased array receive antennas is proposed and experimentally demonstrated, which involves an integrated ring resonator-based optical beam forming network, filter-based optical SSB-SC modulation and balanced coherent detection.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; broadband antennas; integrated optics; optical filters; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical tuning; receiving antennas; balanced coherent detection; broadband phased array receive antennas; filter-based optical SSB-SC modulation; optical beamformer; ring resonator; single-sideband suppressed-carrier modulation; Antenna arrays; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Phased arrays; Receiving antennas;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688467
