Optical fiber beamformer for processing two independent simultaneous RF beams

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5260, Issue , 2003, Pages 81-86

  Jaeger, M ^a   Granieri, S ^a   Siahmakoun, A ^a  

^a ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Optical beamforming; Phased array antennas.; RF photonics; True time delay

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PHOTODETECTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL BEAMFORMING; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; RF-PHOTONICS; TRUE-TIME DELAY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 1842474837     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.543181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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