4 Optical true-time delay control systems for wideband phased array antennas

Progress in Optics

Volumn 41, Issue C, 2000, Pages 283-359

  Chen, Ray T ^a   Fu, Zhenhai ^a  

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

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EID: 23044522007     PISSN: 00796638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6638(00)80019-0     Document Type: Chapter

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