Phased-array optically controlled receiver using a serial feed

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-269

  Tsap, Boris ^a   Chang, Yian ^b   Fetterman, Harold R ^b,e   Levi, A F J ^c   Cohen, David A ^c   Newberg, Irwin ^d,e  

^a Pacific Wave Industries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^d RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^e IEEE

Author keywords

Directional communications; Fiber gratings; Optical control; Optical fiber delay line; Phased array radar

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATORS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

MICROWAVE RADARS; PHASED ARRAY RADAR;

RADAR RECEIVERS;

EID: 0031999961     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.655380     Document Type: Article

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