• DocumentCode
    3387345
  • Title

    Loss compensated photonic true-time delay for phased-array antenna

  • Author

    Yihong Chen ; Wu, Kevin ; Zhao, Feng ; Chen, Ray T.

  • Author_Institution
    Omega Opt. Inc., Austin, TX, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    20-25 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    4324
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we present a loss compensated photonic true-time delay module, employing erbium-amplified polymer waveguide (EAPW). The reconfigurable TTD line incorporates optical switches and fixed length waveguides, to provide numerous time delays with minimum hardware. The passive optical properties are simulated and the active properties are measured. A 0.5 dB gain was measured from a 2 cm device when pumped with 75 mW.
  • Keywords
    antenna phased arrays; delays; erbium; microwave antenna arrays; optical switches; optical waveguides; 0.5 dB; 75 mW; EAPW; erbium-amplified polymer waveguide; fixed length waveguides; loss compensated true-time delay; optical switches; phased-array antenna; photonic true-time delay; reconfigurable TTD line; Antenna measurements; Delay effects; Gain; Hardware; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Propagation delay;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8302-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2004.1330308
  • Filename
    1330308