Optical phased array power penalty analysis

doi:10.1364/OE.15.005179

Optics Express

Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
Vol. 15, Iss. 8 — Apr. 16, 2007
pp: 5179–5190

Optical phased array power penalty analysis

Jing M. Tsui, Charles Thompson, and Jeffrey M. Roth »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 8, pp. 5179-5190 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.005179

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This paper investigates the power penalty from optical phased arrays used for wide-angle beam steering of optical communication signals. The analysis studies the effect of aperture size, data rate, modulation format, and diffraction angle on digital lightwave signals. The results show increasing power penalties for larger angles, aperture sizes, and data rates. At a 10° steering angle, 10-cm aperture, and for both on-off keying (OOK) and differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) the 2.5-Gb/s power penalty is approximately 1.0 dB, while at 10 Gb/s the penalty increases to 7.7 dB for OOK and 7.8 dB for DPSK.

OCIS Codes
(050.1950) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction gratings
(050.1960) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction theory
(060.4510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical communications
(280.5110) Remote sensing and sensors : Phased-array radar

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Diffraction and Gratings

History
Original Manuscript: December 7, 2006
Revised Manuscript: February 12, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: March 7, 2007
Published: April 13, 2007

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Jing M. Tsui, Charles Thompson, and Jeffrey M. Roth, "Optical phased array power penalty analysis," Opt. Express 15, 5179-5190 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-8-5179

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Gaylord, T.K.
Humblet, P. A.
Kazovsky, L. G.
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IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

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Opt. Eng.

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B. Sklar, Digital Communications Fundamentals and Applications (Prentice Hall PTR, New Jersey, 2nd ed., 2004) pp. 194-204.
A. A. Oliner and G. H. Knittel, Phased Array Antennas (Artech House, Massachusetts, 1972) pp. 243-253.
M. Born and E. Wolf, Principle of Optics (University Press, Cambridge, 7th ed., 2002) p. 428, Eqn. (36).
M. Born and E. Wolf, Principle of Optics (University Press, Cambridge, 7th ed., 2002) p. 448.

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