Frequency downconverter for high-capacity fibre grating based beamformers for phased arrays

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A novel all-optical microwave frequency downconverter is proposed which overcomes the effect of the optical beat-noise in X-band grating-based multi-beam phased arrays allowing a significant extension of the number of beams as well as minimum number of optical interconnects.

Inspec keywords: wavelength division multiplexing; antenna phased arrays; optical interconnections; diffraction gratings; optical frequency conversion

Other keywords: X-band grating-based multi-beam phased arrays; all-optical microwave frequency downconverter; optical beat-noise; beamformers; high-capacity fibre grating; optical interconnects

Subjects: Antenna arrays; Optical harmonic generation, frequency conversion, parametric oscillation and amplification; Multiplexing and switching in optical communication; Fibre optics

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