Optically controlled phased-array antenna with PSK communications
- Resource Type
- Authors
- P. Sample; Martin James Cooper; Rebecca Anne Wilson; M.F. Lewis
- Source
- Integrated Optical Devices, Nanostructures, and Displays.
- Subject
- Heterodyne
Engineering
Optical modulator
Spatial light modulator
Optics
Phased array
business.industry
Photonics
Minimum-shift keying
business
Electromagnetic interference
Phase-shift keying
- Language
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
An optically controlled RF/microwave/mm-wave phased array antenna has been developed operating at 10 GHz with 30 kHz reconfiguration rate via the use of a micromachined silicon Spatial Light Modulator. A communications function has been demonstrated with a variety of Phase Shift Keying modulation schemes (BPSK, QPSK, MSK) at data rates up to 200 Mbit/s and low BER (