A survey on role of photonic technologies in 5G communication systems

R Katti, S Prince - Photonic Network Communications, 2019 - Springer
A new generation of mobile communications has been evolving for every 10 years, keeping
in mind the enormous data traffic, huge capacity requirements, excellent quality of service …

True time delay optical beamforming network based on hybrid InP-silicon nitride integration

C Tsokos, E Andrianopoulos, A Raptakis… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a broadband and continuously tunable 1× 4 optical beamforming network
(OBFN), based on the hybrid integration of indium phosphide (InP) components in the silicon …

Spaceborne multibeam phased array antennas for satellite communications

L Yu, J Wan, K Zhang, F Teng, L Lei… - IEEE Aerospace and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multibeam phased array antenna is one of the core payloads of the satellite communication
system, which has the potential to realize the transformation of the satellite communication …

A wideband 1× 4 optical beam-forming chip based on switchable optical delay lines for Ka-band phased array

P Zheng, X Xu, D Lin, P Liu, G Hu, B Yun, Y Cui - Optics Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Comparing with electronic beam forming, integrated optical beam forming is very promising
for optical controlled phase array system, because much broader band beam steering can …

Efficient 2D optical beamforming network with sub partitioning capability based on raised cosine chirped fiber grating and Mach-Zehnder delay interferometer

R Kumar, SK Raghuwanshi - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a two-dimensional true time delay optical beamforming network (OBFN) has
been proposed with sub partitioning capability for 3X3 phased array antenna (PAA) with …

Multi-beam microwave photonic beamforming based on self-coherent detection of a WDM signal

R Oliveira, RN Nogueira… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing ubiquity of mobile services is driving wireless communications to fully exploit
spatial-division multiplexing (SDM). However, SDM's key enabling technology–the …

Beamformer development challenges for 5G and beyond

MAB Abbasi, V Fusco - Antennas and Propagation for 5G and …, 2020 - pure.qub.ac.uk
In this chapter, we first discussed the definitions that are vital to understand the working of a
beamformer. We then classified the beamformer based on the architecture, frequency of …

Highly efficient two-dimensional beam steering using all-dielectric fiber metatip

RK Sinha, S Sharma, S Bag, S Kar, B Lahiri… - Optics & Laser …, 2022 - Elsevier
Optical dielectric metasurfaces have produced a breakthrough in the field of high
transmission wavefront engineering. However, its integration with the optical fiber platform is …

Design of an optical Butler matrix for beamforming in satellite communications

L Rodio, V Devito, M Grande, G Calò… - 2022 IEEE 9th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the design of an optical Butler matrix architecture for beamforming
in satellite communications. The architecture exploits the use of hybrid couplers and phase …

Multi-beam, WDM-based photonic beamformer with spectrum reuse

R Oliveira, RN Nogueira, MV Drummond - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
This manuscript presents a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)-based photonic
beamformer for an RF phased array antenna transmitter, capable of simultaneously …