A Coherent Optically Controlled Phased Array Antenna System

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 293-295

  Freitag, P M ^a   Forrest, S R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH COMPRESSION; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COHERENT LIGHT; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONTROLLABILITY; ELECTRIC LOSSES; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL LINKS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSMITTERS;

COHERENT OPTICAL CARRIER SIGNAL; COHERENT OPTICALLY CONTROLLED PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0027664623     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.244857     Document Type: Article

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