DocumentCode
515712
Title
Optical phase and amplitude control for beamforming with cascades of Gires-Tournois Bragg grating filters
Author
Sisto, Marco Michele ; Pasandi, Mohammad E Mousa ; Rusch, Leslie A. ; LaRochelle, Sophie
Author_Institution
Centre d´´Opt., Photonique et Laser, Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We report experimental results on an optical beamformer capable of independent amplitude and phase control of RF signals fed to an antenna array. We investigate its performance for beam direction adjustment and side lobe suppression.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; antenna arrays; array signal processing; microwave photonics; optical arrays; optical filters; optical information processing; optical variables control; RF signals; antenna array; beam direction adjustment; cascaded Gires-Tournois Bragg grating filters; optical amplitude control; optical beamforming; optical phase control; side lobe suppression; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Bragg gratings; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical control; Optical filters; Optical variables control; Phase control; Phased arrays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-884-1
Type
conf
Filename
5465421
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