Broadband and Continuous Beamformer Based on Switched Delay Lines Cascaded by Optical Ring Resonator

A beamforming chip is realized on indium phosphide (InP) employing cascaded optical ring resonators and switched delay lines for wide bandwidth applications. 6.7 Gbps transmission in the K-band (17-22 GHz) is achieved up to 23.1 ps steering on a 4 GHz-wide OFDM signal.