WO2003079080A1 - Línea de retardo múltiple basada en awg y diferentes tramos de un medio óptico dispersivo - Google Patents
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- G02B6/12009—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides
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- G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
- G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
- G02B6/2861—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using fibre optic delay lines and optical elements associated with them, e.g. for use in signal processing, e.g. filtering
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- the present invention consists of a delay line based on an AWG (Arrayed Wavegruide Grating or diffraction frame with grouped waveguides) and different sections of a dispersive optical medium that allows to simultaneously generate a multiplicity of delays corresponding to a multiplicity of optical carriers .
- the values of the multiple delays will depend on the specific wavelengths, the separation between them and the dispersion of the optical medium.
- the invention provides essential novelty characteristics and notable advantages in terms of cost reduction with respect to structures known and used for similar purposes in the current state of the art.
- the present invention has its application in any field in which it is necessary to achieve a multiplicity of delays as, for example, occurs in the area of optical beam shaping for antenna clusters "where obtaining different subsets of progressive delays is essential for its operation
- Other fields of application would be analog-digital optical converters, time domain optical multiplexing (OTDM) or code multiplexing-based optical systems (CDMA).
- OTDM time domain optical multiplexing
- CDMA code multiplexing-based optical systems
- the antenna groupings allow the synthesis of radiation diagrams with characteristics that cannot be obtained by elementary antennas. Specifically, they allow functionalities such as beam aiming, beam shaping or null introduction dynamically, based on the amplitude control and feeding delay of the different elements that make up the grouping. Therefore, they have been widely used in many areas within the field of telecommunications.
- the most common functionality of a group of antennas is the aiming of the beam in different directions of space, which in the case of a linear grouping with constant spacing is achieved by introducing a progressive delay
- Beam optical shaping architectures have, among other advantages, low weight and size, immunity against electromagnetic interference, and, above all, allow to easily obtain a wide instantaneous bandwidth and operation in true delay (TTD, True Time Delay) which It allows to aim the beam independently of the operating frequency.
- TTD True Time Delay
- US Patent No. 5,793,907 proposes a delay line based on an AWG.
- the proposal is based on a feedback and symmetric configuration of the AWG (known as loop-back, that is, the feedback is made between an output port of the AWG and its corresponding input) as previously proposed for use.
- ADM Additional Drop Mul tiplexer or multiplexer insert-extract
- the delays are achieved by lengths such that the propagation of the signal delays the optical signal for the desired time.
- this delay line has a serious drawback: it is necessary to replicate the structure for each element of the grouping, which can make the system unfeasible for large groups given the high cost of AWGs.
- the present invention combines the switching properties as a function of the AWG wavelength together with the periodicity in wavelength of its behavior and the ability of an optical dispersive medium to delay different wavelengths differently.
- the invention proposes the use of an AWG in a feedback configuration.
- each optical signal is propagated twice through the AWG with sections of a dispersive optical medium, together with a source that can switch between different subconjs of wavelengths (WDM, Wavelength Division Mul tiplex or Multiplexing by division in length of wave) and could even combine different wavelengths of each subset.
- WDM Wavelength Division Mul tiplex or Multiplexing by division in length of wave
- the different wavelengths meet that the separation between them is equal to the spectral periodicity of the AWG (FSR, Free Spectral Range or free spectral range) so that, when all the wavelengths of the subset are introduced by a AWG port, all are routed to the same output port.
- FSR Free Spectral Range
- the chosen output port is connected by a certain length of dispersive optical medium with one of the specific inputs or outputs (the chosen or different one) of the AWG so that the dispersive medium delays differently each wavelength of the subset before crossing the AWG again and being routed to the common output port.
- the relative delays between the different wavelengths will depend on the spectral separation between them and the total dispersion of the dispersive medium. If each of the AWG outputs is connected to a dispersive medium with different dispersion parameters, selecting the appropriate subset of wavelengths will allow you to select the values of the different delays associated with each optical carrier.
- the multiple delay line object of this invention obtains multiple delays, by routing different optical carriers through the same stretch of dispersive optical medium, taking advantage of the periodicity of the AWG transmission response.
- the loop-back configuration if different separate FSR optical carriers are introduced through an AWG input, they are all routed to the same output and therefore will be fed back to the AWG through the same input, thus crossing the same section. If this section corresponds to a dispersive medium such as a certain length L (m) of fiber with a constant dispersion Dfps / nm-mj, two optical carriers that were separated ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ nmj, would suffer a relative delay between both of value:
- the most common embodiment of this invention would be the use of a subset of wavelengths separated from each other FSR, it would be possible to introduce the wavelengths with a separation not equal to the FSR of the AWG but to arbitrary multiples thereof, of such that multiple arbitrary delays of the elementary delay are achieved, elementary delay being understood as the one that corresponds to that due to the dispersive effect between two separate wavelengths of the FSR of the AWG. It would even be possible, the simultaneous selection of one or several carriers of more than one of the subsets, allowing greater flexibility in the selection of delays at the cost of greater complexity of the optical generation and demultiplexing stages.
- Figure 1 shows the diagram of an integrated AWG, the basic device of the delay line shown here.
- Figure 2 is a detail of the free propagation zone thereof, represented in the previous figure.
- Figure 3 shows the line diagram of time delay. It is an AWG in what is known as a loop-back configuration. Unlike previous proposals, the feedback is done with a dispersive optical medium.
- Figure 4 shows the spectra of the optical signals at the input of the delay line.
- Figure 5 shows an example of a complete architecture of a cluster of antennas based on an optical shaper that includes the AWG-based multiple delay line with dispersive fiber sections.
- Figure 6 shows the delay line diagram in a fold-back configuration (feedback between AWG output ports), appropriate when using a dispersive medium working in reflection mode.
- Figure 1 refers to the main component of the architecture, the AWG, formed by free propagation zones (2 and 4) joined by a group of waveguides of different lengths (3) and a set of waveguides of access at each end of the free propagation zones (1 and 5).
- Figure 2 is a detail of the free propagation zone (2 and 4) of the AWG.
- ⁇ represents the angle of divergence between the input and output waveguides
- R is the focal length
- d a is the separation between waveguides of the grouping of guides (6)
- d r is the separation between waveguides of the output guides (5)
- ⁇ represents the angle of dispersion resulting from the phase difference between adjacent guides.
- Figure 3 shows the multiple delay line, subject of the invention, in a loop-back configuration composed of an AWG (12) and as many stretches of dispersive optical medium (8, 9, 10 and 11) as number of AWG ports minus one, which corresponds to the common input and output ports.
- the complete architecture composed of: the multiple delay line of Figure 3 is shown in Figure 5; the optical source (7), which must provide multiple wavelengths, as depicted in Figure 4; a data source (15) and an electro-optical modulator (14); a demultiplexer (22) that separates the different wavelengths and assigns them to the corresponding photoreceptor (23, 25, 30 or 34) to the element of the appropriate grouping (27, 28, 31 or 33).
- this delay line can be used both in the transmission mode of the antenna grouping and in the reception mode, being necessary to add only a series of separation and combination devices together with the corresponding optical conversion stages -electric and electro-optical; Specifically, we must add: a demultiplexer (35), a splitter (16) that sends multiple carriers on the way (18) for the transmission mode and on the way (17) for the reception mode, a combiner (37), a pair of diplexers (19 and 20), electric circulators (24, 26, 29, 32) electro-optical modulators (36, 38, 39, 40) and a photoreceptor (21) as shown in Figure 5 .
- Figure 6 shows the multiple delay line, subject of the invention, in a fold-back configuration composed of an AWG and so many stretches (41) of dispersive optical medium acting in reflection mode as the number of ports of the AWG.
- the basic element of the multiple delay line proposed in this invention is the AWG schematically represented in Figure 1.
- the signal enters through one of the optical input guides (1), hereinafter input ports.
- the free propagation zone FPR, Free Propagation Region
- the beam is coupled to the waveguide cluster (3) and propagates through the individual waveguides to the outlet opening (5), in the second free propagation zone ( 4) .
- the length of these guides is chosen so that the difference in length between adjacent guides is equal to an integer multiple of the central wavelength of the AWG.
- the fields in the individual waveguides (3) will reach the output with the same phase, apart from an integer multiple of 2 ⁇ , and the field distribution we had at the input opening will be reproduced in the output Therefore, the divergent beam at the input opening is transformed into a convergent one with equal amplitude and phase distribution at the output.
- the beam Exit will be tilted and the focal point will move along the image plane.
- a set of wavelengths will be chosen which will be introduced through the common input port of the delay line (8).
- Within the set there will be as many wavelengths as delays you wish to generate and the separation between them will correspond to multiples of the FSR of the AWG so that they all go to the same output port. Therefore, all wavelengths will cover the same stretch of dispersive medium.
- the choice of a section (with its associated total dispersion), and consequently of the multiplicity of delays, is done optically by choosing a specific subset of wavelengths.
- the dispersive medium is a fiber optic with a constant dispersion
- the expression (1) shows that a certain delay will be introduced between the different wavelengths due to the fiber dispersion.
- the dispersive medium will preferably have a linear delay response against wavelength, Any other response (such as: curve, parabolic or sawtooth) is possible and viable with the current state of technology.
- the wavelength set will re-enter through one of the AWG's input ports (1). Due to the symmetrical behavior of the AWG, it will route all wavelengths to the common output port (13).
- a demultiplexer (22) is introduced, which separates each wavelength by directing it towards a photoreceptor (23, 25, 30 or 34).
- the output of each photoreceptor will feed an element of the cluster (27, 28, 31 or 33).
- the multiple delay line has introduced, with a single AWG, a progressive delay between elements of the grouping, which makes it possible to vary the pointing direction thereof.
- optical source (7) it must be able to provide a spectrum similar to that shown in Figure 4.
- optical source (7) it must be able to provide a spectrum similar to that shown in Figure 4.
- ways of generating this type of spectra such as by switching between different multi-wavelength lasers with a adequate separation between carriers.
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EP03744389A EP1486807B1 (en) | 2002-03-15 | 2003-03-14 | Multiple delay line based on an awg and different sections of a dispersive optical medium |
SI200331047T SI1486807T1 (sl) | 2002-03-15 | 2003-03-14 | Veckratna kasnilna linija, ki temelji na awg in razlicnih sekcijah disperzivnega opticnega medija |
DE60316414T DE60316414T2 (de) | 2002-03-15 | 2003-03-14 | Mehrfach-verzögerungsleitung auf der basis eines awg und verschiedene abschnitte eines dispersiven optischen mediums |
US10/507,206 US20050180691A1 (en) | 2002-03-15 | 2003-03-14 | Multiple delay line based on an awg and different sections of a dispersive optical medium |
JP2003577029A JP2005521077A (ja) | 2002-03-15 | 2003-03-14 | Awgおよび分散性光媒質の異なるセクションに基づく多重遅延線 |
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