Title :
Emerging millimeter wave photonic devices and integration platforms for avionic applications
Author :
Prather, Dennis W. ; Murakowski, Janusz ; Schneider, Garrett J. ; Schuetz, Christopher ; Shouyuan Shi
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware Newark, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
Emerging photonic solutions hold the promise to transform avionics capabilities. Photonically enabled sensors and sources based on high-performance EO modulators and photodiode detectors exhibit extraordinary bandwidth and tunability. Photonic phased arrays possess unique capabilities to perform real-time, analog correlations in the optical domain via simple coherent interference, i.e. imaging. TCA antennas, directly fed by optical fibers and integrated into LCP-based platforms, will allow sensing and high-performance communications to be conformally integrated into airframes, while minimizing SWaP.
Keywords :
avionics; electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave devices; optical sensors; photodetectors; photodiodes; LCP-based platforms; SWaP minimization; TCA antennas; airframes; avionics; coherent interference; extraordinary bandwidth; high-performance EO modulators; high-performance communications; millimeter wave integration platforms; millimeter wave photonic devices; optical fibers; photodiode detectors; photonic phased arrays; photonically enabled sensors; real-time analog correlations; Arrays; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical receivers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2473-8
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2014.6999449
