Novel ring resonator-based integrated photonic beamformer for broadband phased array receive antennas-part II: Experimental prototype

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-31

  Zhuang, Leimeng ^a   Roeloffzen, Chris G H ^a   Meijerink, Arjan ^a   Burla, Maurizio ^a   Marpaung, David A I ^a   Leinse, Arne ^b   Hoekman, Marcel ^b,c   Heideman, René G ^b   Etten, Wim Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LIONIX BV   (Netherlands)

^c Faculty of Electrical Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMOS compatible optical waveguide technology; Optical beamforming; Optical ring resonators; Phased array antennas; Photonic integration; RF photonics

Indexed keywords

CMOS COMPATIBLE; CMOS-COMPATIBLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL BEAMFORMING; OPTICAL RING RESONATORS; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; RF PHOTONICS;

BEAMFORMING; GROUP DELAY; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POWER CONVERTERS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; WAVEGUIDES; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 73249123052     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2032137     Document Type: Article

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