Demonstration of a continuously variable true-time delay beamformer using a multichannel chirped fiber grating

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 861-867

  Hunter, David B ^a   Parker, Michael E ^a   Dexter, James L ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirped fiber gratings; Optical beamforming; Optical delay lines; Phased array radar

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CHIRPED FIBER GRATINGS; OPTICAL BEAMFORMING; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; PHASED-ARRAY RADAR;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33144457500     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.863056     Document Type: Article

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