Fiber-optic prism true time-delay antenna feed

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 1347-1349

  Esman, Ronald D ^a   Frankel, Michael Y ^a   Dexter, J L ^a   Goldberg, L ^a   Parent, M G ^a   Stilwell, D ^a   Cooper, D G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNA RADIATION; BANDWIDTH COMPRESSION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTICS; PHOTODETECTORS; PRISMS;

FIBER OPTIC PRISM; OPTICAL CONTROL TECHNIQUE; TRUE TIME DELAY ANTENNA FEED;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 0027702205     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.250065     Document Type: Article

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