Title :
Optical phase and amplitude control for beamforming with cascades of Gires-Tournois Bragg grating filters
Author :
Sisto, Marco Michele ; Pasandi, Mohammad E Mousa ; Rusch, Leslie A. ; LaRochelle, Sophie
Author_Institution :
Centre d´´Opt., Photonique et Laser, Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We report experimental results on an optical beamformer capable of independent amplitude and phase control of RF signals fed to an antenna array. We investigate its performance for beam direction adjustment and side lobe suppression.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; antenna arrays; array signal processing; microwave photonics; optical arrays; optical filters; optical information processing; optical variables control; RF signals; antenna array; beam direction adjustment; cascaded Gires-Tournois Bragg grating filters; optical amplitude control; optical beamforming; optical phase control; side lobe suppression; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Bragg gratings; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical control; Optical filters; Optical variables control; Phase control; Phased arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1