Broad-band phase-shifter based on stimulated Brillouin scattering and RF interference

Luke McKay, Moritz Merklein*, Amol Choudhary, Yang Liu, Benjamin Eggleton, Micah Jenkins, Charles Middleton, Alex Cramer, Joseph Devenport, Anthony Klee, Richard DeSalvo, Khu Vu, Duk Yong Choi, Pan Ma, Stephen Madden

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    Abstract

    Phase shifters are an important building block of modern RF communications and RADAR systems, with an ever increasing demand to improve the operating bandwidth and to reduce power consumption and footprint. Microwave photonic phase shifters based on stimulated Brillion scattering (SBS) offer tunable and broadband phase shifts, however, their performance has been constrained by the requirement of high Brillouin gain to achieve 360° of phase shift. Here, we demonstrate a 360° broadband phase shifter by combining SBS and RF interference which greatly reduces the required Brillouin gain and thus the required optical power. Using this technique, we are able to enhance the phase shift by more than an order of magnitude, showing bandwidth tunability from 0.1-65 GHz while also being optimized to minimize amplitude variations.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMWP 2018 - 2018 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    ISBN (Electronic)9781538652268
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Nov 2018
    Event2018 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2018 - Toulouse, France
    Duration: 22 Oct 201825 Oct 2018

    Publication series

    NameMWP 2018 - 2018 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics

    Conference

    Conference2018 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2018
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    CityToulouse
    Period22/10/1825/10/18

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