Delay-time-enhanced photonic crystal fiber array for wireless communications using two-dimensional X-band phased-array antennas

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Jiang, Yongqiang ^a   Shi, Zhong ^a   Howley, Brie ^a   Chen, Xiaonan ^a   Chen, Maggie Y ^b   Chen, Ray T ^a  

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

^b Omega Optics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Optical true time delay; Phased array antenna; Photonic crystal fiber; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength tuning

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); LASER TUNING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL TRUE TIME DELAY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33747618752     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2149327     Document Type: Article

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