Title :
SOA based switchable photonic delay line for broadband phased array antenna control
Author :
Joyo, A. ; Madamopoulos, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Coll. of City Univ. of New York, New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
A single channel 3-bit PDL is demonstrated using SOA as switching elements. Optimum RF performance is obtained by optimizing input optical powers and bias current of the SOAs and filtering ASE noise at each bit.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; broadband antennas; microwave photonics; optical delay lines; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; SOA based switchable photonic delay line; amplified spontaneous emission noise; broadband phased array antenna control; semiconductor optical amplifiers; switching elements; Delay effects; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358648
