Dual microwave photonic phase shifter based on polarization control in fiber optic

Author

Coutinho, Olympio Lucchini ; Fegadolli, William Santos ; de Souza Martins, C. ; Almeida, Vilson Rosa ; Oliveira, José Edimar Barbosa

fYear

2009

Firstpage

849

Lastpage

853

Abstract

A dual microwave photonic phase shifter with continuous control and multiband characteristic is presented in this paper. The microwave phase control is achieved by varying the orientation of the lightwave polarization coupled into a polarization maintaining fiber (PMF). It explores the fiber birefringence to control the phase of the microwave signal at the output of two PMF analog optical link on a range of 180Â°. The concept and the analytical model are presented, as well as experimental results.

Keywords

birefringence; microwave phase shifters; microwave photonics; optical fibre polarisation; optical links; PMF analog optical link; dual microwave photonic phase shifter; fiber birefringence; fiber optic; lightwave polarization; microwave phase control; polarization control; polarization maintaining fiber; Algorithm design and analysis; Approximation algorithms; Computer science; Costs; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Phase shifters; Steiner trees; Tree graphs; analog optical link; antennas; component; microwave photonics; polarization control; polarization maintaining fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Belem

ISSN

1679-4389

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5356-6

Electronic_ISBN

1679-4389

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2009.5427458

Filename

5427458