Integrated photonic beamformer employing continuously tunable ring resonator-based delays in CMOS-compatible LPCVD waveguide technology

C. G. H. Roeloffzen; A. Meijerink; L. Zhuang; D. A. I. Marpaung; R. G. Heideman; A. Leinse; M. Hoekman; W. van Etten

doi:10.1117/12.803719

18 November 2008 Integrated photonic beamformer employing continuously tunable ring resonator-based delays in CMOS-compatible LPCVD waveguide technology

C. G. H. Roeloffzen, A. Meijerink, L. Zhuang, D. A. I. Marpaung, R. G. Heideman, A. Leinse, M. Hoekman, W. van Etten

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Proceedings Volume 7135, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices III; 71351K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.803719
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2008, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

In this paper a novel CW laser-compatible, squint-free, continuously tunable ring resonator-based optical beamformer mechanism for a phased array receiver system is proposed and partly demonstrated. When the optical delay elements and optical signal processing circuitry are integrated on a chip, a single-chip optical beam forming network (OBFN) is obtained. The optical delay elements are ideally continuously tunable to achieve continuous control of the beam direction, and should have a flat delay and magnitude response over the signal band, to avoid distortion. In the proposed system architecture, filter-based optical single-sideband suppressed-carrier modulation and balanced coherent optical detection are used. Such architecture has significant advantages over a straightforward architecture using optical intensity modulation and direct optical detection, namely reduced complexity of the OBFN chip, and enhanced dynamic range. Measurements on an actual 1×8 OBFN chip and an optical sideband filter chip are presented. Both are realized in CMOS-compatible planar optical waveguide technology (TriPleX).

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C. G. H. Roeloffzen, A. Meijerink, L. Zhuang, D. A. I. Marpaung, R. G. Heideman, A. Leinse, M. Hoekman, and W. van Etten "Integrated photonic beamformer employing continuously tunable ring resonator-based delays in CMOS-compatible LPCVD waveguide technology", Proc. SPIE 7135, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices III, 71351K (18 November 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.803719

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