Highly-Integrable Microresonators with Fast Tunable Group Delay for Broadband RF True Time Delay

In this SBIR program, Morton Photonics will design, fabricate and test novel microresonator devices for use as optical True Time Delay (TTD) devices in broadband phased array systems. These devices will provide fast (microsecond) tunability with low power dissipation, going beyond simple group delay characteristics to address the finite bandwidth and distortion of signals passing through a TTD device. The devices will be fabricated on silicon using CMOS compatible processes to support large-scale photonic integration, so that complex subsystems can be developed using this novel technology. The program will address practical applications of this technology, providing system requirements, designing and fabricating devices to meet these requirements.