Impact of group delay ripples of chirped fiber grating on optical beamforming networks

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2398-2404

  Zhou, Bo ^a   Zheng, Xiaoping ^a   Yu, Xianbin ^a   Zhang, Hanyi ^a   Guo, Yili ^a   Zhou, Bingkun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; JITTER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVELENGTH;

FIBER GRATINGS; GROUP DELAY RIPPLES; OPTICAL BEAMFORMING NETWORKS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 39749121505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002398     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. A. J. Seeds, "Microwave Photonics," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniches 50, 877-887 (2002)
2. G. Grosskopf, "Maximum Directivity Beam-Former at 60 GHz With Optical Feeder," IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation 51, 3040-3046 (2003)
3. B. Kuhlow, G. Przyrembel, H. Ehlers, G. Großkopf, R. Eggemann, D. Rohde, and S. Zinal, "Optical Beam Forming of MM-Wave Array Antennas in a 60 GHz Radio Over Fiber System," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2003), paper FM4. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OFC-2003-FM4
4. N.A. Riza, Muzammil A. Arain, and S. A. Khan, "Hybrid Analog-Digital Variable Fiber-Optic Delay Line," J. Lightwave Technol. 22, 619-624 (2004)
5. Y. Jiang, "Dispersion-enhanced photonic crystal, fiber array for a true time-delay structured X-band phased array antenna," IEEE Photonic Technol. Lett. 17, 187-189 (2005)
6. J. E. Román, M. Y. Frankel, P. J. Mattews, and R. D. Esman, "Time steered array with a chirped grating beamformer," Electron. Lett. 33, 652-653 (1997)
7. J. L. Corral, J. Mart'i, S. Regidor, J. M. Foster, R. Laming and J. M. Cole, "Continuously Variable True Time-Delay Optical Feeder for Phased-Array Antenna Employing Chirped Fiber Gratings," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 45, 1531-1536 (1997)
8. Y.Liu, J.Yao, X.Dong, and J.Yang, "Tunable chirping of a fiber Bragg grating without center wavelength shift using a simply supported beam," Opt. Eng. 41, 740-751 (2002)
9. S.-S. Lee, H.-D. Chae, D.-H. Kim, H.-J. Kim and K.-T. Kim, "Continuous photonic microwave true-time delay using a side-polished fiber Bragg grating with heating electrode," Microwave and Optical Technol. Lett. 44, 35-37 (2005)
10. K. Ennser, M. Ibsen, M. Durkin, M. N. Zervas, and R. I. Laming, "Influence of nonideal chirped fiber grating characteristics on dispersion cancellation," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 10, 1476-1478 (1998)
11. M. R. Matthews, J. Porque, C. D. Hoyle, M. J. Vos, and T. L.Smith, "Simple model of errors in chirped fiber gratings," Opt. Express 12, 189-197 (2004)
12. L.R. Chen, "Influence of grating group delay ripple on the reduction of dispersion induced intensity noise in subcarrier multiplexed systems," Opt. Commun. 187, 125-128 (2001)