Title :
Performance Study of a Ring Resonator-Based Optical Beam Forming System for Phased Array Receive Antennas
Author :
Meijerink, R. ; Meijerink, A. ; Marpaung, D.A.I. ; Roeloffzen, C.G.H. ; van Etten, W.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Twente, Enschede
Abstract :
A broadband, continuously tunable receiver system for phased array antennas is described. It uses a ring resonator-based optical beamforming network, filter-based optical SSB-SC modulation and balanced coherent detection. The system is modeled as an equivalent RF two-port system and its performance is analyzed, identifying and modeling dominant noise and distortion sources. Numerical theoretical performance results are reported for a satellite television case study, based on DVB-S.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; optical modulation; optical resonators; receiving antennas; DVB-S; balanced coherent detection; continuously tunable receiver system; equivalent RF two-port system; filter-based optical SSB-SC modulation; optical beam forming system; phased array receive antennas; ring resonator; Antenna arrays; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical resonators; Phased arrays; Receiving antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux, 2007 14th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Delft
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1369-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1370-6
DOI :
10.1109/SCVT.2007.4436250
