Free-space power combining and beam steering of ultra-wideband radiation using an array of laser-triggered antennas

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2039-2044

  Funk, Eric H ^a,b   Lee, Chi H ^a,b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNA RADIATION; BROADBAND NETWORKS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

BEAM STEERING; FREE SPACE POWER COMBINING; LASER TRIGGERED ANTENNA ARRAYS; ULTRAWIDEBAND RADIATION;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0030291852     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.543960     Document Type: Article

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