Jong-Cheol Shin, J. Hwang, Seungmin Lee, Eun Ji Lim, Young-Geun Han
{"title":"Detection of relative humidity variation based on periodically micro-tapered long-period gratings","authors":"Jong-Cheol Shin, J. Hwang, Seungmin Lee, Eun Ji Lim, Young-Geun Han","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789923","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a humidity sensing technique based on a periodically micro-tapered long-period fiber grating incorporating low index polymer and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). We effectively suppress sensing uncertainty for measurement of the relative humidity.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131685617","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}
F. Laghezza, S. Pinna, D. Onori, F. Scotti, C. Porzi, V. Sorianello, M. Romagnoli, A. Bogoni
{"title":"Space based software defined coherent lidar architecture: From system demonstration to system integration","authors":"F. Laghezza, S. Pinna, D. Onori, F. Scotti, C. Porzi, V. Sorianello, M. Romagnoli, A. Bogoni","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789929","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, thanks to the innovation in optical and electro-optical components, space based passive radiometers and microwave sensors can be efficiently supported by complementary light detection and ranging (Lidar) systems. One of the most important applications for astronautics Lidars, is the measure of target's distance and its relative properties as, topography, surface's roughness and reflectivity, gravity and mass, that provide useful information for semi-autonomous landing functionalities or navigation and docking to spacecrafts for on-orbit satellite servicing (OSS). In this context we present an innovative architecture of a software defined coherent Lidar system. With respect to classically time of flight (ToF) techniques our approach is based on optically coherent detection benefitting from the corresponding coherent detection gain to enhance the Lidar sensitivity without increasing the peak transmitted power. We report the functional scheme and the preliminary results as well as the mask layout of an on chip implementation which allows to fill the concept of size, weight and power requirements (SWaP) for the aerospace segment.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"228 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134162079","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}
A. Rao, A. Patil, P. Rabiei, R. DeSalvo, A. Paolella, S. Fathpour
{"title":"Analog performance of compact lithium niobate optical modulators on silicon","authors":"A. Rao, A. Patil, P. Rabiei, R. DeSalvo, A. Paolella, S. Fathpour","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789915","url":null,"abstract":"Analog performance of compact thin-film lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder modulators on silicon substrates is investigated. The 8-mm-long modulators present 3.1 V.cm half-wave voltage length product, 18 dB extinction ratio, and are characterized up to 20 GHz, with 95 dBHz2/3 spur-free dynamic range up to 4 GHz.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"272 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133852801","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}
B. Van Hoe, J. Van Roosbroeck, C. Voigtlander, J. Vlekken, E. Lindner
{"title":"Distributed strain and curvature measurements based on tailored draw tower gratings","authors":"B. Van Hoe, J. Van Roosbroeck, C. Voigtlander, J. Vlekken, E. Lindner","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789904","url":null,"abstract":"Measuring strain in an unobtrusive and distributed way is of key importance to many avionics applications. Optical sensing technologies based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) enable multiplexed strain measurements while offering precise location tracking. These precise and multiplexed strain measurements are enabling monitoring of more advanced parameters such as curvature and shape [1,2]. We are introducing a unique combination of two trends within the field of FBG sensing. The first trend capitalizes on using a Draw Tower Grating (DTG®) process to inscribe FBG configurations enabling quasi-continuous arrays of fiber Bragg gratings. Secondly, we exploit the ability to accommodate several independent optical fiber cores within a sensing structure, either within the same optical fiber, designated as MultiCore Fiber (MCF), or closely bundling similar optical fibers, designated as MultiFiber Bundle (MFB). Both configurations, each with its own merits and limitations, enable distributed curvature measurements based on differential strain measurements using FBG technology.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122707889","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":"The role of photonics in next generation military systems","authors":"P. Matthews","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789918","url":null,"abstract":"A rapid evolution in military sensor and system design is currently underway. Photonics techniques have the potential to play a critical role in these future systems due to their unique capabilities. These emerging trends and the potential for photonics to support them will be discussed.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"196 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123263213","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}
Pallav Kanukuntla, Dennis Yi, Dennis Hinton, D. Geddis
{"title":"Multispectral dual MSM photodetector for avionic communication systems","authors":"Pallav Kanukuntla, Dennis Yi, Dennis Hinton, D. Geddis","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789933","url":null,"abstract":"We report the design and fabrication of dual MSM photodetector based on transparent conductive oxides (TCO) on Ge using post-growth fabry-perot optical filters to detect multiple wavelengths which can be used in aerospace communication systems.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116321246","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":"Analog gearbox: A photonic hardware accelerator","authors":"B. Jalali, Jacky Chan, A. Mahjoubfar","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789911","url":null,"abstract":"Inspired by mechanical gearboxes, we introduce an optical analog implementation of the gearbox as a means to overcome the mismatch between the ultrahigh speed of optical data and the much slower sampling rate of electronic digitizers and processors.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130438069","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":"Packaged high power MUTC photodetectors for high SFDR applications","authors":"M. Hutchinson, S. Estrella, M. Mashanovitch","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789931","url":null,"abstract":"High-power high linearity photodetectors are desirable for applications that require high spurious free dynamic range (SFDR), such as a receive mode antenna employing a photonic link. Both the output third order (OIP3) and output second order intercept point (OIP2) of the photodetector can cause a reduction in SFDR, where OIP3 is of concern for distortion close to the fundamentals [1] and OIP2 for wideband applications [2]. Recently a packaged modified uni-traveling carrier (MUTC) photodetector was demonstrated [3]. Here we analyze those devices from both the RF power performance as well as SFDR performance for narrow and wideband link applications.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115482239","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}
Joshua R. Cornelius, Aaron M. Baumer, E. Zbinden, J. Verdiell, David Langsam, W. J. Kozlovsky, J. Hazell, Catherine M. Eichhorn, Alexander J. Wroten
{"title":"Extended temperature performance of VCSEL based optical transmitter","authors":"Joshua R. Cornelius, Aaron M. Baumer, E. Zbinden, J. Verdiell, David Langsam, W. J. Kozlovsky, J. Hazell, Catherine M. Eichhorn, Alexander J. Wroten","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789901","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we demonstrate the extended temperature performance of Samtec's 12 channel FireFly optical transmitter at 10.3125 Gbps. The results indicate that the transmitter has more than 25% mask margin when operating between -40 °C and 90 °C. Reliability results for 11 different transmitters operating at 85 °C indicate that the output power of the laser changes by less than 0.5 dB after 2000 hours of continuous operation.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130679384","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}
C. DeRose, M. Gehl, Christopher M. Long, Nicholas A. Boynton, N. Martinez, A. Pomerene, A. Starbuck, C. Dallo, Dana Hood, E. D. D. Trotter, P. Davids, A. Lentine
{"title":"Radio frequency silicon photonics at Sandia National Laboratories","authors":"C. DeRose, M. Gehl, Christopher M. Long, Nicholas A. Boynton, N. Martinez, A. Pomerene, A. Starbuck, C. Dallo, Dana Hood, E. D. D. Trotter, P. Davids, A. Lentine","doi":"10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AVFOP.2016.7789912","url":null,"abstract":"Sandia National Laboratories has developed a toolkit of RF photonic devices. These devices have been used in the development of multielement RF photonic circuits and in support of MPW runs. In this talk I will discuss Sandia's silicon photonic process and RF photonic device performance.","PeriodicalId":239122,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126781965","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}