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Integrated Photonic Functions

IPHOBAC is investigating mm-wave photonic system functions that can be achieved using combinations of the developed components. These photonic functions will be demonstrated either through the use of hybrid integration offering a route towards low cost miniaturisation or by laboratory bench demonstration.

Some of these objectives are:

• To develop an integrated widely tuneable (up to 300 GHz) optically generated mm-wave source.
• To develop a semi-integrated optical injection phase locked loop for high mm-wave signal purity.
• To validate experimentally 10 Gbit/s QPSK vectorial modulation and demodulation using IPHOBAC components.
• To validate experimentally a broadband 1 Gb/s ultra-wide-band (UWB) link operating at 60 GHz using IPHOBAC components.