A microwave channelizer and spectroscope based on an integrated optical bragg-grating Fabry-Perot and integrated hybrid fresnel lens system

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 868-872

  Winnall, Steve T ^a,b   Lindsay, A C ^a,c   Austin, Michael W ^a,d,f,g   Canning, John ^a,e   Mitchell, Arnan ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b Surgical Implants   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Photonic Information Processing Research Program   (Australia)

^g Institution of Engineers   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fabry Perot interferometers; Microwave receivers; Optical planar waveguide components; Optical signal processing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE LENS BEAMS; MICROWAVE RECEIVERS; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LENSES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SPECTROMETERS;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 33144487661     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.863052     Document Type: Article

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