Two-dimensional fiber-optic control of a true time-steered array transmitter

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 12 PART 2, 1996, Pages 2696-2702

  Frankel, Michael Y ^a   Matthews, Paul J ^a   Esman, Ronald D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DELAY CIRCUITS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NOTCH FILTERS; OPTICAL LINKS; POSITION CONTROL; PRISMS; TUNING;

AZIMUTH STEERING; FIBER OPTIC BEAMFORMERS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0030387178     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.554632     Document Type: Article

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