Title :
A compact optically driven travelling-wave radiating source
Author :
Bowers, Steven M. ; Abiri, Behrooz ; Aflatouni, Firooz ; Hajimiri, Ali
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
A compact silicon-photonics optically driven mm-wave radiator uses a multi-port driven travelling-wave antenna driven by 8 silicon-germanium photodiodes with -3 dB bandwidth of 25 GHz to produce -9.7 dBm EIRP at 180 GHz.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; antenna radiation patterns; integrated optoelectronics; microwave photonics; millimetre wave antennas; photodiodes; silicon; EIRP; bandwidth 25 GHz; compact optically driven travelling wave radiating source; compact silicon photonics; frequency 180 GHz; mm-wave radiator; multiport driven travelling wave antenna; silicon-germanium photodiode; Adaptive optics; Antennas; Optical feedback; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Photodiodes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu2A.3
