High performance tunable and multi-wavelength laser sources for phased array antennas

Author

Pan, J.J. ; Jing, X.L. ; Shi, Y.

Author_Institution

E-Tek Dynamics Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

13-18 July 1997

Firstpage

747

Abstract

Photonic true time-delay technique provides weight, size, EMI/EMP and cost advantages for constructing squint free phased array antennas. The photonic true time-delay networks demand high performance, high reliability wavelength tunable and multi-wavelength laser sources. This paper reports the hermetically sealed rapid-tuning tunable lasers and ultra-stable multi-wavelength laser diode and fiber laser sources. These devices have narrow linewidth, low intensity and phase noise, high side-lobe suppression, etc.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; delays; fibre lasers; laser beam applications; laser stability; laser tuning; phase noise; photonic switching systems; semiconductor device packaging; semiconductor lasers; EMI/EMP; fiber laser sources; hermetically sealed rapid-tuning tunable lasers; high performance tunable laser sources; high reliability; high side-lobe suppression; low intensity; low phase noise; multi-wavelength laser sources; narrow linewidth; photonic true time-delay networks; size; squint free phased array antennas; ultra-stable multi-wavelength laser diode; wavelength tunable laser sources; weight; Antenna arrays; Costs; EMP radiation effects; Electromagnetic interference; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Phased arrays; Semiconductor laser arrays; Telecommunication network reliability; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest

Conference_Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4178-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1997.631569

Filename

631569