Compensation of the effects of antenna dispersion on UWB waveforms via optical pulse-shaping techniques

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1681-1686

  McKinney, Jason D ^a,b,c,d   Weiner, Andrew M ^a,b,d,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e Purdue University ^*

Author keywords

Antenna dispersion; RF photonics; Ultra wide band (UWB) signal generation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DISPERSION; RF PHOTONICS; ULTRA-WIDE-BAND (UWB) SIGNAL GENERATION;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; IMPULSE RESPONSE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 33645917992     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.871999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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