Optical waveguide components for beam forming in phased-array antennas

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-49

  Jez, D R ^a   Cearns, K J ^a   Jessop, P E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam forming; Lithium niobate; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; HETERODYNING; LIGHT MODULATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE CONTROL; PHASE SHIFTERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BEAM FORMING; LITHIUM NIOBATE; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) MODULATED LASER SIGNALS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0031142622     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199705)15:1<46::AID-MOP14>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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