Title :
Wideband photonic radiofrequency beamforming network employing a broadband optical source sliced by a wavelength selective switch
Author :
Xiaoxiao Xue ; Xiaoping Zheng ; Hanyi Zhang ; Bingkun Zhou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We propose a novel low-cost photonic radiofrequency (RF) beamforming network which eliminates the dispersion induced RF power degradation. A RF bandwidth of 40 GHz and a tunable delay range of 750 ps were demonstrated.
Keywords :
array signal processing; microwave photonics; optical switches; optical tuning; RF power degradation; bandwidth 40 GHz; broadband optical source; tunable delay range; wavelength selective switch; wideband photonic radiofrequency beamforming network; Bandwidth; Delays; Dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
