Title :
Feasibility study of integrated optical phased arrays for indoor Gb/s wireless optical links
Author :
Van Acoleyen, Karel ; Rogier, Hendrik ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
Link budget calculations are performed to study the potential of integrated optical phased arrays for Gb/s wireless links. A link with two integrated OPAs is feasible with a beam steering range of a few degrees.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; beam steering; optical links; wireless channels; beam steering range; indoor wireless optical links; integrated optical phased arrays; link budget calculations; Apertures; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Phased arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
