Continuous true-time-delay beamforming for phased array antenna using a tunable chirped fiber grating delay line

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1172-1174

  Liu, Yunqi ^b,c   Yang, Jianliang ^b   Yao, Jianping ^a,b,d  

^a IEEE

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chirp rate; Chirped fiber grating; Continuously tunable; Fiber delay line; True time delay

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; LASER TUNING;

TRUE-TIME-DELAY (TTD) SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0036687439     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.1022008     Document Type: Article

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