High speed data interconnects of copper, carbon nanotubes and fiber-optics: AN overview

Author

Pirich, Ronald ; Anumolu, Praveen

Author_Institution

Northrop Grumman Aerosp. Syst., Bethpage, NY, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

22-24 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

67

Abstract

Microwave photonic and carbon nanotube links may appear separately and synergistically in future military antenna systems. As photonic and CNT link performance continues to improve, RF photonics insertion into antenna systems may expand in areas including RF pre-processing and filtering, RF front-end technology, A/D conversion, true time delay (TTD) beam forming network for both manned and unmanned ISR applications.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; copper; integrated optoelectronics; microwave photonics; optical fibres; optical interconnections; C; Cu; RF photonics insertion; analog-digital conversion; carbon nanotube links; carbon nanotubes; fiber-optics; high speed data interconnects; manned system applications; microwave photonic links; military antenna systems; true time delay beam forming network; unmanned system applications; Aerospace electronics; Apertures; Carbon nanotubes; Copper; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Radio frequency; Sensor arrays; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Phototonics Technology Conference, 2009. AVFOP '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3358-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2009.5342632

Filename

5342632