True-time-delay modules based on a single tunable laser in conjunction with a waveguide hologram for phased array antenna application

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Shi, Zhong ^a   Gu, Lanlan ^a   Howley, Brie ^a   Jiang, Yongqiang ^a   Zhou, QingJun ^a   Chen, Ray ^a   Chen, Yihong ^b   Wang, Xiaodong ^b   Fetterman, H R ^c   Brost, George ^d  

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

^b OMEGA OPTICS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna systems; True time delay modules; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA SYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS BEAM-STEERING; FOUR-ELEMENT X-BAND; SINGLE TUNABLE LASER; TRUE-TIME-DELAY MODULES; WAVEGUIDE HOLOGRAM; WAVELENGTH-CONTROLLED;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DISPERSION (WAVES); HOLOGRAMS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 26844449307     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2009766     Document Type: Article

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