Continuously variable true time-delay optical feeder for phased-array antenna employing chirped fiber gratings

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 8 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1531-1536

  Corral, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chirped fiber gratings; Optical beamforming; Phased array; True time delay

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHASE SHIFTERS;

CHIRPED FIBER GRATINGS; OPTICAL BEAMFORMING; TRUE TIME DELAY OPTICAL FEEDERS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0031209010     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.618471     Document Type: Article

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