Continuously delay-time tunable-waveguide hologram module for X-band phased-array antenna

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 972-974

  Shi, Zhong ^a   Jiang, Yongqiang ^a   Howley, Brie ^a   Chen, Yihong ^a   Zhao, Feog ^a   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Grating dispersion; Optical true time delay; Phased array antenna; Wavelength tuning

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FREQUENCIES; HOLOGRAMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SCANNING;

WAVELENGTH TUNING;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0037664609     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.813392     Document Type: Article

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