{"title":"Cost model-based optical network design and progress in WDM LAN standards","authors":"John MazurowskiPenn, S. Habiby","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169788","url":null,"abstract":"Significant steps towards improved design and deployment of Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) networks and architectures for aircraft and ships are described, focusing on a practical, MS Excel®-based, detailed and comprehensive optical network design Cost Model. We also describe recent progress in related SAE International WDM LAN standards that define the standard Optical Network Elements (ONE) used in the Cost Model [1, 2].","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131251781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated star coupler-based multi-beam LiDAR","authors":"S. Pinna, Yuan Liu, L. Coldren, J. Klamkin","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169781","url":null,"abstract":"A multi-beam LiDAR scheme based on an integrated star coupler is proposed. The architecture allows for acquisition of multiple scanning directions within a single pulse repetition interval, enabling multi-target detection and tracking, thus combining the advantages of flash and scanning LiDAR.","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123312834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew R. Konkol, Victoria A. Carey, S. Shi, C. Schuetz, D. Prather
{"title":"Millimeter-wave photonic tightly coupled array for 5G applications","authors":"Matthew R. Konkol, Victoria A. Carey, S. Shi, C. Schuetz, D. Prather","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169782","url":null,"abstract":"We present the design and analysis of a millimeter-wave photonic tightly coupled array. Simulations show it is possible to achieve good radiation efficiency across several of the frequency bands spanning 15-60 GHz proposed for future 5G applications using high-power photodiodes to excite the antenna elements.","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121571549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SAE ARP6318 Aerospace Photonics Technology Readiness Advancement and Insertion via Verification and Validation of Active Photonic Device Reliability and Packaging Durability","authors":"R. Logan, M. Beranek, D. Renner","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169785","url":null,"abstract":"SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) 6318 Aerospace Photonics Technology Readiness Advancement and Insertion via Verification and Validation of Active Photonic Device Reliability and Packaging Durability is an outgrowth of lessons learned by airborne platform defense acquisition professionals and defense civilian and contractor subject matter expert professionals interested in transitioning fiber optics and photonics to aerospace platforms. Technology readiness advancement and manufacturing readiness advancement is crucial to transitioning state-of-the-art photonic devices to aerospace platforms. Component reliability data and packaging durability data reduces programmatic risk and accelerates technology readiness advancement, which in turn helps enable technology transition. ARP6318 presents an approach for nominal photonic device verification and validation and packaged device environmental testing consistent with Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL 6)1.","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121343288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2.2 Micron extended InGaAs photodiodes and photoreceivers","authors":"A. Joshi, S. Datta","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169772","url":null,"abstract":"Photonic systems are being increasingly designed for multi-functional, distributed avionic platforms to satisfy the next-generation military needs [1]. This approach requires establishing high-capacity, Free-Space Optical (FSO) communication networks that connect a variety of mobile and aerial platforms in an ad-hoc fashion [2]. Traditional design methodology, that addresses a specific scenario with state-of-the-art performance, needs to be significantly upgraded to increase scalability and flexibility. For example, although traditional FSO designs have leveraged ubiquitous 1550 nm telecommunication technologies, recent advances in 2 micron wavelength fiber amplifiers and lasers enable links having inherently better eye safety and atmospheric propagation characteristics [3]. Such 2 micron links cannot be realized with conventional InGaAs high-speed photodetectors.","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128444892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Arbitrary and self-configuring photonic circuits for sensing and processing","authors":"D. Miller","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169786","url":null,"abstract":"New architectures and simple configuration algorithms based on progressive single-parameter feedback loops allow complex photonic circuits to be set up and stabilized, and even to train themselves for complex tasks. Principles of such systems and current and potential applications will be discussed.","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122094604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Lauzon, Tomasz Oleszczak, Saïd El Kharraz, E. Hickey, Sean M. Langelier
{"title":"Board edge mount active optical connector","authors":"J. Lauzon, Tomasz Oleszczak, Saïd El Kharraz, E. Hickey, Sean M. Langelier","doi":"10.1109/avfop.2017.8169789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/avfop.2017.8169789","url":null,"abstract":"Reflex Photonics Inc. has developed compact 40G full duplex (4+4) 10Gbps/lane optical fiber transceivers for harsh environment applications such as Aerospace and Defense. These products were made to be embedded on printed-circuit boards in close proximity to high speed electronics in high performance embedded computing systems to optimize their performance [1,2]. Going one step further, the industry was asking for these transceivers to be integrated in board edge connectors to free-up more space on the board and avoid optical fiber handling. This implied important challenges for bi-planar position tolerancing between the electrical interface on a horizontal board and the optical interface based on a multi-fiber MT ferrule, in an orthogonal plane. We will present how these challenges were confronted with success.","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130600030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of polymer optical fiber data link for aircraft applications using systems engineering method","authors":"Sandy Cherian, R. Caspary","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169777","url":null,"abstract":"The design of a data network based on polymer optical fibers (POF) for aircraft applications involves safety-critical risks due to the unknown functional and performance requirements for the reliability and fail safe operations of the physical layer of the POF network. The physical layer of a POF network consists of entirely different components compared to the existing silica fiber-based physical layer. As seen in the history of avionics, a large number of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies were modified to meet aircraft system standards rather than developing new components and systems on their own [1]. This strategy saves time and costs of development in the initial stage but in the prolonged use of these components might increase the maintenance costs as the aircraft system components are designed for thirty years or more. In order to reduce the maintenance costs and ensure the supportability and availability of the system components the COTS technologies need to be thoroughly validated against the rigorous aircraft system requirements in terms of their functionality, performance and operating environment. One of the major challenges in the validation is the prediction of the failure modes and the reliability of the link design before it is implemented. This paper discusses the implementation of a systems engineering method to overcome this challenge and to suggest design changes, if necessary, of the POF COTS components for the aircraft data link.","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125382564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aditya Jain, Rui-Lin Chao, Jin-Wei Shi, C. Schow, J. Bowers, R. Helkey, J. Buckwalter
{"title":"Forward bias optimization of a silicon photonic modulator for analog application","authors":"Aditya Jain, Rui-Lin Chao, Jin-Wei Shi, C. Schow, J. Bowers, R. Helkey, J. Buckwalter","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2017.8169784","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the high phase non-linearity of a Silicon Mach-Zehnder Modulator in forward bias, we demonstrate that high third order spur-free dynamic range ~102.8 dB. Hz2/3 can be obtained by optimizing the D.C. bias operating point at 1 GHz.","PeriodicalId":190997,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"419 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129312530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}