Electrically tunable photonic true-time-delay line

Opt Express. 2010 Aug 16;18(17):17859-64. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.017859.

Abstract

We present a new application of the acousto-optic superlattice modulation of a fiber Bragg grating based on the dynamic phase and group delay properties of this fiber-optic component. We demonstrate a tunable photonic true-time-delay line based on the group delay change of the light reflected from the grating sidebands. The delay is electrically tuned by adjusting the voltage applied to a piezoelectric transducer that generates the acoustic wave propagating along the grating. In our experiments, a true-time delay of 400 ps is continuously adjusted (300 ps within the 3 dB amplitude range of the first sideband), using a 12 cm long uniform grating.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acoustics / instrumentation*
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Microwaves*
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Refractometry / instrumentation
  • Telecommunications / instrumentation*
  • Time Factors
  • Transducers*