DocumentCode
1829366
Title
A millimetre wave phase shifter using a wireless hybrid mode locked laser
Author
Khawaja, B.A. ; Cryan, M.J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol
fYear
2009
fDate
22-26 March 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
40 GHz hybrid mode locking is observed using planar antennas to form a wireless connection to the saturable absorber. Electronically controlled phase shift is measured which could enable remote antenna beam steering in future WLAN systems.
Keywords
beam steering; laser mode locking; microwave photonics; millimetre wave phase shifters; optical saturable absorption; planar antennas; wireless LAN; WLAN; frequency 40 GHz; hybrid mode locking; millimetre wave phase shifter; planar antennas; remote antenna beam steering; saturable absorber; Bonding; Costs; Gold; Laser mode locking; Lasers and electrooptics; Phase shifters; Photonics; Planar arrays; Radio frequency; Wireless LAN; (060.5625) Radio frequency photonics; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-865-0
Type
conf
Filename
5032828
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