HIGH-PRECISION DETECTOR-SWITCHED MONOLITHIC GAAS TIME-DELAY NETWORK FOR THE OPTICAL CONTROL OF PHASED-ARRAYS

被引:24
作者
NG, W
YAP, D
NARAYANAN, A
WALSTON, A
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[1] Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA 90265, 3011, Malibu Canyon Road
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10.1109/68.275435
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report the fabrication and characterization of a two-bit monolithic optical time-delay network on GaAs. GaAs rib-waveguides and InGaAs waveguide-coupled MSM detectors serve respectively as delay-lines and optoelectronic switches on the photonic integrated circuit. From the linear RF differential phase observed between 1 and 11 GHz, we estimate that the measured time-delays are within 4 psec of their designed values.
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