Acousto-optic liquid-crystal analog beam former for phased-array antennas

Applied Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1994, Pages 3712-3724

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog; Bragg cells; Nematic liquid crystals; Phased array antenna

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; ANALOG COMPUTERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

ANALOG BEAM FORMERS; BRAGG CELLS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0028458907     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.33.003712     Document Type: Article

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