True time-delay scheme for feeding optically controlled phased-array antennas using chirped-fiber gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1529-1531

  Corral, J L ^a   Marti, J ^a   Fuster, J M ^a   Laming, R I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gratings in fibers; OBFN; TTD beamformers

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

CHIRPED FIBER GRATINGS; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; TRUE TIME DELAY (TTD) OPTICAL FEEDERS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0031276311     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.634731     Document Type: Article

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