Demonstration of a wide-band fiber-optic nulling system for array antennas

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 7 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1327-1331

  Matthews, Paul J ^a   Liu, Pao Lo ^a   Medberry, John B ^a   Frankel, Michael Y ^a   Esman, Ronald D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Opticalfiber dispersion

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; FIBER OPTICS; MICROWAVE FILTERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PRISMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; WIDE BAND FIBER OPTIC NULLING SYSTEM;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0032668287     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.775474     Document Type: Article

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