• DocumentCode
    688842
  • Title

    Wideband photonic radiofrequency beamforming network employing a broadband optical source sliced by a wavelength selective switch

  • Author

    Xiaoxiao Xue ; Xiaoping Zheng ; Hanyi Zhang ; Bingkun Zhou

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel low-cost photonic radiofrequency (RF) beamforming network which eliminates the dispersion induced RF power degradation. A RF bandwidth of 40 GHz and a tunable delay range of 750 ps were demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    array signal processing; microwave photonics; optical switches; optical tuning; RF power degradation; bandwidth 40 GHz; broadband optical source; tunable delay range; wavelength selective switch; wideband photonic radiofrequency beamforming network; Bandwidth; Delays; Dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833218