A Broadly Tunable Silicon Photonic Transceiver for Radar and Electronic Warfare

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a broadly-tunable transceiver for radar and electronic warfare on a silicon photonic chip. The device exploits an innovative and simple lasers’ noise referencing architecture and achieves reconfigurable operation in the range 0.5-35GHz, an unprecedented image rejection ratio >80dB, and robust antenna-remoting capability.