Riza, Nabeel A.; Yuan, ShiFu

Proc. SPIE 3160, Optical Technology for Microwave Applications VIII, Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97

Robust packaging of Photonic RF Modules using Ultra-Thin Adaptive Optical Interconnect Devices

1997

August

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Adaptive optical interconnect packaging Photonic RF module Phased array antenna Liquid crystal devices Adaptive optics Optical interconnects Free space optics Packaging Connectors Wavefronts Fiber optics

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San Diego, CA. USA

Ultra-thin, electrically programmable, low control power optical devices are proposed as adaptive optical alignment correction devices for future deployable photonic modules for RF signal processing applications. A substantial relative optical/RF gain (i.e., 7.92 dB RF gain) in a free- space PDL that requires a fiber remoted feed in the infrared 1300 nm optical spectrum has been successfully demonstrated.

10.1117/12.283941