CMOS-compatible integrated optical delay line for broadband Ku-band satellite communications

Author

Burla, M. ; Marpaung, David ; Zhuang, Lina ; Khan, Mohammad Rezwan ; Roeloffzen, Chris ; Leinse, Arne ; Hoekman, Marcel ; Heideman, Rene

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2012

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

120

Lastpage

123

Abstract

We present the first demonstration of a broadband and continuously tunable integrated optical true-time-delay line, operating over the complete DVB-S satellite communication band, realized with a CMOS-compatible TriPleX^TM waveguide technology. The integrated optical chip includes a delay line and an optical sideband filter (OSBF) based on reconfigurable optical ring resonators (ORR). The filter and the delay responses are software programmable and have been configured for K_u-band operation. For the first time, the continuous tunability between 0 and 277 ps is demonstrated over the complete for DVB-S satellite communication band (10.7-12.75 GHz).

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; digital video broadcasting; optical delay lines; optical resonators; satellite communication; waveguides; CMOS-compatible integrated optical delay line; DVB-S satellite communication band; ORR; OSBF; TriPleX waveguide technology; broadband K_u-band satellite communication; frequency 10.7 GHz to 12.75 GHz; integrated optical chip; optical sideband filter; optical true-time-delay line; reconfigurable optical ring resonator; Amplitude modulation; Broadband antennas; Delay; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; microwave photonics; optical beamforming; optical delay lines; phased arrays; resonators; tunable delay;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2012 International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Noordwijk

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2863-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2012.6474071

Filename

6474071