Demonstration of all-optical true-time delay for a multiaperture free-space laser-communication transmitter using a rapidly programmable 8-bit chip-scale module

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2179-2181

  Wang, Shuoqin ^a   Pepper, David M ^a,b   Sumida, David S ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b Malibu Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Laser arrays; Optical communication; Optical delay lines; Optical waveguide components

Indexed keywords

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ALL-OPTICAL TRUE-TIME DELAY; CHIP-SCALE MODULE; LASER ARRAYS; LASER-COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTER; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 26844490585     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.854391     Document Type: Article

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