Array Transmitter/Receiver Controlled by a True Time-Delay Fiber-Optic Beamformer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1216-1218

  Frankel, Michael Y ^a   Esman, Ronald D ^a   Parent, Mark G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS; TUNING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

FIBER OPTIC BEAMFORMER; PHASE DELAYED RECEIVE MODE; SPARSELY POPULATED ARRAY; TIME DELAYED TRANSMIT MODE; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE OPTICAL CARRIER PROPAGATION;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0029393340     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.466595     Document Type: Article

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