Photonic integration and components development for a Ku-band phased array antenna system

Author

Marpaung, David ; Zhuang, Leimeng ; Burla, Maurizio ; Roeloffzen, Chris ; Noharet, Bertrand ; Wang, Qin ; Beeker, Willem P. ; Leinse, Arne ; Heideman, Rene

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Eng. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

fYear

2011

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

458

Lastpage

461

Abstract

In this paper the development of a phased array antenna system using a photonic beamformer is reported. The paper emphasizes on the photonic integration between two main components of the beamformer, namely the photonic beamformer chip and the electroabsorption modulator array. System level simulation is used to determine the required performance of each component. The measurements on the component characteristics are presented.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; electroabsorption; integrated optics; Ku-band phased array antenna system; components development; electroabsorption modulator array; photonic beamformer chip; photonic integration; Arrays; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Photonics; electroabsorption modulator; microwave photonics; optical signal processing; phased-array antenna; photonic integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2011 International Topical Meeting on & Microwave Photonics Conference, 2011 Asia-Pacific, MWP/APMP

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-716-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2011.6088770

Filename

6088770