Technical Program

   International Topical Meeting on
 Microwave Photonics 
 
 
 
Monday, 12 October 1998 
     MA  Plenary Session  
     MB  Fiber Wireless Systems 
     MC  Modulators 
     Poster Session 
Tuesday, 13 October 1998 
     TuA  Photonic Beamforming I 
     TuB  Photonic Beamforming II 
     Panel Discussion 
     TuC  Lasers 
     TuD  Photodetectors 
Wednesday, 14 October 1998 
     WA  Novel Techniques 
     WB  Novel Systems 
 


 
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Monday, 12 October 1998 

 
 8:30am - 10:00am  
  MA   Plenary Session  
  Presider:  P. Herczfeld  
                 Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 

8:30am - 8:40am 
Welcome by P. Herczfeld, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 

8:40am - 8:50am 
Welcome by C. Lee, University of Maryland, College Park, MA 

8:50am - 9:10am 
Special Remarks by Michael Ettenberg, Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ 

9:10am - 9:50am (Plenary Speaker) 
MAl Broadband Fibre-Radio Access Networks 
A. Seeds, University College London, London, UK 


10:00am - 10:30am BREAK 


 
 10:30am - 12:00noon 
  MB Fiber Wireless Systems 
  Presider: D. Novak 
  University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia 

10:30am - 10:45am 
MB1 All Optoelectronic Generation and Detection of Millimeter-Wave Signals 
T Nagatsuma, N. Sahri, M. Yalta, T Ishibashi, N. Shimizu and K. Sato, NTT Systems, Kanagawa, JAPAN 
 
10:45am - 11:00am 
MB2 Millimeter-Wave Multi-Channel CDMA Fiber-Radio 
G. H. Smith, A. Nirmalathas and D. Novak, University of Melbourne, Parkville, AUSTRALIA 
 
11:00am - 11:15am 
MB3 Multicarrier Distribution of Multiplex Digital Compressed TV Channels Using A Harmonic Laser Source at 38 GHz 
D. Mathoorasing, S. Bouchoule and C. Kazmierski, OPTO+, Marcoussis, FRANCE and D. Tanguay, J. F. Cadiou, P Legaud and E. Penard, France Telecom, Lannion, FRANCE 

11:15am - 11:30am 
MB4 A Novel Fiber-Optic Millimeter-Wave Uplink Incorporating 60GHz-Band Photonic Downconversion with Remotely Fed Optical Pilot Tone Using an Electroabsorption Modulator 
T. Kuri, K. Kitayama and Y. Ogawa, OKI Electric Industry, Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN 

11:30am - 11:45am 
MB5 A Photoconductive Correlation Receiver For Wireless Digital Communications 
E. E. Funk, S. Ramsey, C. H. Lee and J. Craven, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 

11:45am - 12:00noon 
MB6 A New Photodetector with Cascaded Waveguide Photodiodes and Resonant Electrode Structures for Millimeter-wave Subcarrier Optic Fiber Link System 
K. Li, M. Izutsu and]. X. Ge, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, JAPAN 


12:00noon - 1:30pm LUNCH 


 
 1:30pm - 3:20pm 
  MC Modulators 
  Presider: W Bridges 
  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
  CA 

1:30pm - 1:55pm (Invited) 
MC1 Electroabsorption Waveguide Modulators for High Performance Analog Fiber Links 
P Yu, University of California, San Diego, CA 

1:55pm - 2:10pm 
MC2 Polarization-Insensitive Multiple-Quantum-Well Traveling-Wave Electroabsorption Modulators with 18 GHz Bandwidth and 1.2 V Driving Voltage at 1.55: m 
S. Z. Zhang, Y J. Chiu, P Abraham and]. E. Bowers, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 

2:10pm - 2:25pm 
MC3 Error Free Full Duplex Optical WDM-FDM Transmission Using an EA-Transceiver 
A. Stohr and 0. Jager, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität, Duisburg, GERMANY and K. Kitayama, Communication Research Laboratories, Tokyo, JAPAN 

2:25pm - 2:50pm (Invited) 
MC4 Synthesis of the Optical Modulator Response 
A. Gopinath, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 

2:50pm - 3:05pm 
MC5 Linearization of a Broadband Analog Optical Link Using Multiple Wavelengths 
E. Ackerman, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 

3:05pm - 3:20pm 
MC6 Broadband Linearization Externally Modulated Fiber-Optic Links 
Y. Chiu and B. Jalali, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 


3:20pm - 4:00pm BREAK 

 
 4:00pm - 5:00pm 
  Poster Session 

P1 Microwave Fiber Optic Link Antenna Remoting Trade Study Measurements 
I. L. Newberg, Raytheon Systems Company, Los Angeles, CA 

P2 Tax Calibration of Optical Scattering Parameter Test Set 
B. Elamaran, R. D. Pollard and S. Iezekiel, University of Leeds, England, UK 

P3 Hybrid Fiber-Radio Systems in the mm Wave Range: A Comparison Between Available Optical Sources 
J. F. Cadiou, D. Tanguay, E. Penard and P. Jaffre, France Telecom, Lannion, FRANCE and H. Schmuck, Alcatel Alshtom Corporate Research Center, Stuttgart, GERMANY and E. Vergnol and D. Mathoorasing, OPTO+, Marcoussis, FRANCE 

P4 A Photoconductive Correlation Receiver for Wireless Digital Communications 
E. E. Funk, S. Ramsey, C.H. Lee and J. Craven, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 

P5 Microwave Multichannel System with A Sideband Injection Locking Scheme in the 60 GHz-Band 
C. G. Schaffer, FH Lubeck, Lubeck, GERMANY ancl R. P Braun, G. Grosskopf, F Schmidt and M. Rohde, Heinrich-Hertz-lnstitut für Nachrichtentechnik Berlin GmbH, Berlin, GFRMANY 

P6 lnterferometric Modulators Linearized to Arbitrary Order 
M. E. Marhic, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 
 
P7 Seamless Integration of Fiber Optic Networks and Millimeter-Wave Wireless Access Using Nonlinear Photo-Detection Scheme 
M. Tsuchiya, T Hoshida and K. Nishikawa, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN 
 
P8 Sensitivity Analysis of Optical SSB Generation Using A Dual-Electrode Mach-Zehnder Modulator 
A. Nirmalathas, G. H. Smith and D. Novak, University of Melbourne, Parkville, AUSTRALIA 

P9 Fiber to the Air (FTTA) System Using Optical Cohererce Coded Multiplexing Scheme 
K. Tsukamoto, S. Obata and S. Komaki, Osaka University, Suita-shi, JAPAN 
 
P10 Integrated Optics Photonic Mixer for an All-Optical Implementation of a Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Wave Oscillator 
S. Dubovitsky, V. Chuyanov, S. Garner and W.H. Steier, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 

P11 Low Close-To-Carrier Noise Systems 
M. Niwaz and T.P. Young, GEC Marconi Research Centre, Essex, UK 

P12 Large Area, High Speed Phototube with A GaAsP Photocathode and GaAs Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Anode 
T A. Yost and P Herczfeld, Drexel University, Pliiladelphia, PA and V Contarino, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD 

P13 Optical Single-Sideband Modulation with Delay Pre-Distortion for Fiber-Radio Applications 
R. A. Griffin, P M. Lane and J. J. O'Reilly, University College London, London, UK 

P14 Modeling of Chirping Laser Diodes for Microwave Generation and Transmission Over Dispersive Fibres 
W Freude, P Palai and I. A. Sukhoivanov, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY 

P15 Nonlinear Biasing of MZ-EOM Devices to Experimentally Reduce Chromatic Dispersion Effects in Antenna Remoting Up-Converting Fiber-Optic Links 
J. M. Fuster, J. Marti, V Polo, F. Ramos and J. L. Corral, Universidad Politechnica de Valencia, Valencia, SPAIN 

P16 Photorefractive Phased Array Beamforming with True-Time-Delay Processing 
A. Kiruluta, P. E. X. Silveira, G. Kriehn, S. Weaver and K. Wagner, University of Colorado, Bolder, CO 

P17 High Performance Long-Wavelength Velocity-Matched Distributed Photodetectors For RF Fiber Optic Links 
T Chau, S. Mathai, A. Rollinger, M. C Wu and T. Itoh, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and D. L. Sivco and A. Y. Cho, Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ and D. C. Scott and T. A. Vang, TRW, Redondo Beach, CA 

P18 A Genetic Algorithm for the Design of All-Optical Microwave Filters 
T A. Cusick, S. Iezekiel and R. Miles, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 


5:00pm - 6:00pm RECEPTION 

 

Tuesday, 13 October 1998

 
 8:30am - 9:55am 
 TuA Photonic Beamforming I 
  Presider: R. Esman 
  Nava1 Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 

8:30am - 8:55am (Invited) 
TuA1 Microwave Phase Conjugation Using Optically Interconnected Arrays 
H. Fetterman, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 

8:55am - 9:10am 
TuA2 Optical Distribution of Reference Signals to A Digital Beamforming Antenna 
J. Onnegren and L. Pettersson, National Defence Research Establishments, Linkoping, SWEDEN 

9:10am - 9:25am 
TuA3 Volume Array With Optical Feeds 
A. D. Carr and P. I. Tittensor, GEC-Marconi Research Center, Essex, UK 

9:25am - 9:40am 
TuA4 Experimental Demonstration of A Fiber Optic Rotman Beamformer 
R. A. Sparks, and N. Slawsby, ANRO Engineering, Inc., Maynard, MA and]. Prince and J. Munro, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 

9:40am - 9:55am 
TuA5 Photonic Integrated Beamformer for Phased-Array Antennas 
J. Stulemeijer, Delft University, Delft, THE NETHERLANDS 


9:55am - 10:30am BREAK 


 
 10:30am - 12:00noon 
  TuB Photonic Beamforming II 
  Presider: J. Brock, TRW, Redondo Beach, CA 

10:30am - 10:45am 
TuB1 Optical Processing of 44 GHz Microwave Signals in an Adaptive Nuller 
P. A. Schulz, R. A. Brown and S. R. Henion, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 

10:45am - 11:00am 
TuB2 Microwave Phase Detection for Angle of Arrival Detection Using A 4-Channel Optical Downconverter 
P. D. Biernacki, A. Ward, L. T Nichols and R. D. Esman, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 

11:00am - 11:15am 
TuB3 Optical Phase Locked Loop (OPLL) Module for Use as A 9 GHz Source in Phased Array Communications Antennas 
L. N. Langley, M. D. Elkin, C. Edge and M. J. Wale, GEC-Marconi Materlials Technology, Towcester, UK and U. Gliese, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, DENMARK and X. Huang and A. J. Seeds, University College London, London, UK 

11:15am - 11:30am 
TuB4 Developments in Photonic Beam-Forming 
M. F. Lewis, P. Sample and R. A. Wilson, DERA, Worcestershire, UK 

11:30am - 11:45am 
TuB5 New Variable Phase Shifter Array Using Resonator with Graded Reflectivity Mirror for Single-Control Steerable Phased Array Antenna 
B. B. Dingel and M. Izutsu, Communication Research Laboratory, Tokyo, JAPAN 

11:45am - 12:00noon 
TuB6 Double Heterodyne Filtering of Received Signals in Optically Time-Delay Controlled Antennas 
S. Tonda-Goldstein, L. Pastur, D. Dolfi, J.P. Huignard, T. Merlet, O. Mass, J. Chazelas, Thomson -CSF, Orsay, FRANCE 


12:00noon - 1:30pm LUNCH/Panel Discussion 

 
Panel Discussion Abstract 
The committee has arranged for a panel of technical leaders to discuss "What Photonics Can Do For Me" by focusing on the role of photonics in today's systems and the direction for future growth. This panel will discuss the role of broadband photonics in the commercial arena and military systems. The present list of speakers at the panel discussion includes: Michel Schaler - Dassault Electronics, France, Dr. Masayuki Izutsu - Communications Research Laboratories, Japan, Dr. Stephen Pappert - NR&D, San Diego, USA, Dr. Caroline Gee - Ortel Corporation, and Dr. Gregory L. Tangonan - HRL Laboratories (Panel Leader). 
 
 
 1:30pm - 2:55pm 
  TuC Lasers 
  Presider: N. Dagli  
  University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 

1:30pm - 1:55pm (invited) 
TuC1 Advanced Microwave Photonic Devices for Analog Optical Links 
D. Jaeger, Gerhard-Mercator University, Duisburg, GERMANY 

1:55pm - 2:10pm 
TuC2 Broadband, Directly Modulated Analog Fiber Link With Positive Intrinsic Gain and Reduced Noise Figure 
C. H. Cox, ///, H. V Roussell, R. J. Ram, R. J. Helkey, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 

2:10pm - 2:25pm 
TuC3 Novel Integrated Laser Devices with Greatly Enhanced Quantum Efficiency and Intrinsic RF Matching for Low Loss, Broadband Opto-Microwave Applications 
S. G. Ayling, D. R. Wright, M. Allenson, K. P Hilton and G. W. Smith, Defence Evaluation Research Agency, Malvern, UK 

2:25pm - 2:40pm 
TuC4 Two-Section Integrated Quantum-Confined Stark Effect Tuned Laser with Uniform Frequency Modulation Response from 30kHz to 6GHz 
X. Huang and A. J. Seeds, University College London, London, UK and J. S. Roberts, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK and A. P. Knights, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK 

2:40pm - 2:55pm 
TuC5 Clock Source-Limited Low Jitter, Subterahertz Signal Generation from Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser Controlled by Phase Lock Loop (PLL) With Photonic Downconversion 
E. Hashimoto and A. Takada, NTT Optical Network Systems Labs., Kanagawa, JAPAN and Y. Katagiri, NTT Opto-electronics Labs., Tokyo, JAPAN 


2:55pm - 3:30pm BREAK 

 
 3:30pm - 4:45pm 
  TuD Photodetectors 
  Presider: F. DeBorgies 
  Thomson-CSF/LCR, Orsay, FRANCE 

3:30pm - 3:45pm 
TuDl Distributed Millimeter-Wave InGaAs Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetector 
E. Droge, E. H. Bottcher, St. Kollakowski, A. Strittmatter and D. Bimberg, Technishce Universität Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY and 0. Reimann, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, Cottbus, GERMANY and R. Steingruber and A. Umbech, Heinrich-Hertz-lnstitute für Ndchrichtentechnik Berlin GmbH, Berlin, GERMANY 

3:45pm - 4:00pm 
TuD2 Distibuted Balanced Photodetectors for High Performance RF Photonic Links 
M. S. Islam, T. Chau, A. R. Rollinger, S. Mathai, W R. Deal, T. Itoh and M. C. Wu, University of California, Los Angeles, CA and A. Nespola, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, ITALY 

4:00pm - 4:15pm 
TuD3 1.55 um Absorption, High Speed, High Saturation Power P-I-N Photodetectors Using Low-Temperature Grown GaAs 
Y. J. Chiu, S. Z. Zhang, J. E. Bowers and U. K. Mishra, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 

4:15pm - 4:30pm 
TuD4 Large-Signal Compression Measurements in High-Current P-I-N Photodiodes with +11 to +20 dBm Output Microwave Power 
K. J. Williams and R. D. Esman, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 

4:30pm - 4:45pm 
TuD5 12dB Current Modulation by 1.55 um Light Irradiation in Integrated Optically Controlled HEMT 
K. Shimomura, T. Sakai and Y. Nitta, Sophia University, Tokyo, JAPAN 

4:45pm - 5:00pm 
TuD6 Bandwidth Characteristics of InP/InGaAs Uni-Traveling-Carrier Photodiodes 
N. Shimizu, NTT Optical Network Systems Laboratories, Kanagawa, JAPAN and N. Watanabe, T. Furuata and T. Ishibashi, NTT Systems Electronics Laboratories, Kanagawa, JAPAN 


5:00pm - 6:00pm POSTDEADLINE PAPER SESSION 

6:00pm - 8:00pm BANQUET 



 

Wednesday, 14 October 1998 

 
 8:30am - 9:55am 
  WA Novel Techniques 
  Presider: K. Kitayama 
  Communications Research Laboratory, 
  Koganei-shi, JAPAN 

8:30am - 8:55am (Invited) 
WA1 The Opto-Electronic Oscillator: Prospects for Extending the State-of-the-art in Reference Frequency Generation 
L. Maleki, JPL, Pasadena, CA 

8:55am - 9:10am 
WA2 Photonic Time-Stretch: A Potential Solution for Ultrafast A/D Conversion 
B. Jalali, A. S. Bhushan and F. Coppinger, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 

9:10am - 9:25am 
WA3 Photonic RF Frequency Shifter Based on Highly Chirped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser 
J. U. Kang, M. Y. Frankel and R. D. Esman, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 

9:25am - 9:40am 
WA4 A Novel Topology of Tuneable Optical Radio Frequency Notch Filter Using A Chirped Fibre Grating 
W. Zhang, J. A. R. Williams and I. Bennion, Aston University, Birmingham, UK 

9:40am - 9:55am 
WA5 Signal-ASE Noise Filtering in Optical Millimeter-Wave Radio-over-Fiber Links 
R. A. Griffin, P. M. Lane and J. J. O'Reilly, University College London, London, UK 


9:55am - 10:30am BREAK 

 
 10:30am - 11:55am 
  WB Novel Systems 
  Presider: S. Pappert 
  NCCOSC, San Diego, CA 

10:30am - 10:55 (Invited) 
WB1 Coherent Fiber-Optic Links for Transmission and Signal Processing of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Signals 
U. Gliese, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, DENMARK 

10:55am - 11:10am 
WB2 2-Gbit/s Phase Shift Keying Based on Optical Delay Switching for Microwave Optical Link 
S. Fukushima, T. Ohno, Y. Doi, Y. Matsuoka and H. Takeuchi, NTT Optoelectronics Laboratories, Kanagawa, JAPAN 

11:10am - 11:25am 
WB3 Simultaneous Electro-Optical Upconversion to 60 GHz of Uncoded OFDM Signals 
M. Sauer, K. Kojucharow, H. Kiluzni, D. Sommer and W. Nowak, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, GERMANY 

11:25am - 11:40am 
WB4 Fading-Free Transport of 60GHz-Optical DSB Signal in Non-Dispersion Shifted Fiber Using Chirped Fiber Grating 
K. Kitayama, Communication Research Laboratory, Tokyo, JAPAN 

11:40am - 11:55am 
WB5 Generation, Routing, and Detection of 100 Gsa/S Arbitrary Analog Optical Waveform Packets Using Analog Optical TDM 
P. Toliver, R. J. Runser, K. L. Deng, I. Glesk and P. R. Prucnal, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 


11:55noon - 1:30pm LUNCH 

 
1:30pm - 3:00pm  
WORKSHOP 
High Speed Photonics Components 
Organizer:  Ayre Rosen, Sarnoff Corporation 

The theme of this year's workshop will be high speed and high performance electro-optic and photonic components and subsystems.