Passive electro-optic antenna using polymer material

Arnaud Gardelein (1) , Sylvain Le Tacon (1) , Eric Tanguy (1) , Nicolas Breuil (2) , Tchanguiz Razban (3)

1 IREENA - Institut de Recherche en Energie Electrique de Nantes Atlantique EA4642
2 THALES Airborne Systems [Elancourt]
3 IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique

The experimental results of a polymer microwave electro-optic antenna are reported. The device amplitude-modulates an optical input beam with a free-space propagating electromagnetic wave. By using a new dipole printed antenna, the electromagnetic energy is concentrated inside the device. An antenna factor of 168 dB/m is achieved with only 1 mum of electro-optic polymer

Domaines: Electronique; Optique [physics.optics]

Arnaud Gardelein, Sylvain Le Tacon, Eric Tanguy, Nicolas Breuil, Tchanguiz Razban. Passive electro-optic antenna using polymer material. Electronics Letters, 2007, pp.1049. ⟨hal-00934680⟩