Reconfigurable delay time polymer planar lightwave circuit for an X-band phased-array antenna demonstration

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 883-890

  Howley, Brie ^a,b   Wang, Xiaolong ^a   Chen, Maggie ^c   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Omega Optics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay effects; Integrated optoelectronics; Phased arrays; Planar waveguides; Plastics; Waveguide bends; Waveguide switches

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTIMIZATION; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

POLYMER PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT; POLYMER THERMOOPTIC SWITCHES; WAVEGUIDE BENDS; WAVEGUIDE SWITCHES; X-BAND PHASED-ARRAY ANTENNA;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34247111981     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.890459     Document Type: Article

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